lasers | Near future

LCLS-II: the most powerful X-ray laser in the world turned on

The new X-ray laser just put into operation promises to revolutionize clean energy production and ...

Laser and solar: the innovation that illuminates the future of energy

A team at NREL has created a mini solar panel that turns laser light into energy. A little twist ...

ETH beams terabits of data with a laser beam and (maybe) makes history

Masterstroke of ETH Zurich transmitting terabits of data across the Swiss mountains using a laser. It opens a ...

New laser treatment vaporizes arterial plaques

The addition of ultrasound can help eliminate arterial plaques completely, preventing them from re-forming.

This "Chef" 3D prints the chicken and cooks it with a laser

3D printing and laser come together to develop an unsuspected ability: that of "creating" a cutlet and cooking it perfectly. There ...

The energy of "nuclear laser fusion" is closer to reality

A research team brings humanity closer to nuclear fusion achieved through the use of lasers.

Llinic, LED laser therapy enters the future

The demand for professional, non-invasive and comfortable treatments is growing. Korean company develops LED laser therapy to do in ...

Australian research team can guide chain lightning to precise targets

Zeus, go ahead: a small laser can interact with particles in the air to create a path on which to ...

At Caltech they discover how to levitate objects with the laser

The discovery of Caltech: a laser beam can move small objects, and tomorrow maybe move spacecraft. The secret? The ...

Winds of war, and Israel comes out into the open revealing a "lightsaber"

A "lightsaber" that incinerates any aerial or missile threat. Israel reveals the military milestone as a deterrent to possible attacks.

With a new technique, 3D printing is 1000 to 10000 times faster

With a new rapid 3D printing technique you can print an entire layer in the time that was previously necessary ...

A laser would reduce the life of nuclear waste from 1 million years to 30 minutes

Breaking down the half-life of nuclear waste would revolutionize energy on Earth. An ambitious goal, but the Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou dreams of achieving it.

Tampere's ductile glass is "transparent metal": it bends, does not break.

It will bend, it will "dent" like a thin sheet of transparent metal, but it won't go to pieces. Here is the glass ...

Bill Gates finances an unsinkable metal

A special laser engraving makes the metal unsinkable creating a structure that remains afloat even after being damaged ...

MIT uses a laser to transmit audio directly to a person's ear

Send instructions to a person so that the sound goes directly to his ear and can only hear it ...

Putin: Russia has science fiction laser weapons

These are weapons that will determine Russia's military potential for decades to come

The US Air Force launches the SHIELD into reality, but that's not what you think

The U.S. Air Force announces that it has successfully used laser weapons to shoot down missiles in flight. The system is designed for ...

Energy from nuclear fusion less distant with the laser as hot as the sun

A team of scientists from Imperial College London has probably made the possibility of obtaining unlimited energy from ...

Exacto, DARPA successfully tests remote-controlled bullets

The US military is testing an 'intelligent' bullet (do you have doubts about the previous definitions of intelligence in relation to weapons? Me too) ...