• Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 13th, 2015
Boeing Wants to Build Laser-Powered Airplanes, Maybe Even Spacecraft

Boeing Wants to Build Laser-Powered Airplanes, Maybe Even Spacecraft

The company holds a patent for a laser-powered engine

Facebook Plans to Beam Internet to the World with Lasers

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

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

Novel Materials Built with Light Could Pave the Way to Invisibility Cloaks

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

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

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

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

Laser Communications Payload to Be Tested on the ISS

The device will send a video back to Earth via laser light

Very Small Particle Collider Can Split Clouds of Atoms

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

Advanced Adaptive Optics Laser for the VLT Completed

This tool will enable extremely detailed observations with this telescope

Lasers Boost Radio Wave Detection in New Method

Lasers Boost Radio Wave Detection in New Method

The innovation could be used to improve radio astronomy and medicine

Peptide Structure Revealed in Detailed 3D Models via Laser

Peptide Structure Revealed in Detailed 3D Models via Laser

Researchers are closer to understanding the structure of proteins

New Laser Can Make Up Structure of Individual Proteins in a Single Sheet

New Laser Can Make Up Structure of Individual Proteins in a Single Sheet

The approach could lead to advancements in understanding many diseases

Lunar Laser Demonstrator Exceeds All Expectations

Lunar Laser Demonstrator Exceeds All Expectations

NASA and MIT work together on this innovative project

Nuclear Fusion Achieved at US Advanced Laser Installation

Nuclear Fusion Achieved at US Advanced Laser Installation

This success comes after many years of hard work and no results

Lasers Better at Measuring Wind Turbine Oscillations than Sensors

Lasers Better at Measuring Wind Turbine Oscillations than Sensors

Light can be used to determine when turbines will fail

LLNL to Build Advanced Laser System in the Czech Republic

LLNL to Build Advanced Laser System in the Czech Republic

The instrument will be part of a state-of-the-art scientific installation

 
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