- Sci Pry
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 13th, 2015
Boeing Wants to Build Laser-Powered Airplanes, Maybe Even Spacecraft
The company holds a patent for a laser-powered engine
- Technology Blog
- By Horia Despa
- July 2nd, 2015
Facebook Plans to Beam Internet to the World with Lasers
Ready for the Internet coming down on you via lasers?
- Sci Pry
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 24th, 2015
Real-Life Star Wars: Boeing Patents Laser-Made Force Field
Technically, the patent is for what Boeing calls a system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 29th, 2014
Novel Materials Built with Light Could Pave the Way to Invisibility Cloaks
The materials are the brainchild of researchers with the University of Cambridge in the UK
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 18th, 2014
Diamonds Squeezed to 50 Million Times Earth's Atmospheric Pressure
The experiments served to recreate conditions deep inside giant planets like Jupiter
- Photo
- By Alexandra Arici
- July 4th, 2014
New Camera Tech Can See Around Corners by Employing Lasers at 15 Billion Frames a Second
The Creative Cameras project is currently in development
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 15th, 2014
LIGO to Hunt for Gravitational Waves Using Lasers
The experiment is due to come online sometime next year
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 14th, 2014
Laser Communications Payload to Be Tested on the ISS
The device will send a video back to Earth via laser light
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 7th, 2014
Very Small Particle Collider Can Split Clouds of Atoms
The instrument then smashes these atoms together, analyzing the effects
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 25th, 2014
Advanced Adaptive Optics Laser for the VLT Completed
This tool will enable extremely detailed observations with this telescope
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 12th, 2014
Lasers Boost Radio Wave Detection in New Method
The innovation could be used to improve radio astronomy and medicine
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 27th, 2014
Peptide Structure Revealed in Detailed 3D Models via Laser
Researchers are closer to understanding the structure of proteins
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2014
New Laser Can Make Up Structure of Individual Proteins in a Single Sheet
The approach could lead to advancements in understanding many diseases
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2014
Lunar Laser Demonstrator Exceeds All Expectations
NASA and MIT work together on this innovative project
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2014
Nuclear Fusion Achieved at US Advanced Laser Installation
This success comes after many years of hard work and no results
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 11th, 2014
Lasers Better at Measuring Wind Turbine Oscillations than Sensors
Light can be used to determine when turbines will fail
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2014
LLNL to Build Advanced Laser System in the Czech Republic
The instrument will be part of a state-of-the-art scientific installation