Who doesn't love a humongous laser? Here at ExtremeTech, we're fans of both 1) technology and 2) extremes, and lasers are toward the far end of both spectra. So, do you have a minute? In the spirit of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green laser beam coming from a hand-held laser pointer. They're in grocery store scanners, internet connections and car backup ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea ...

If you walk across the open yard in front of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building at the University of Texas at Austin, ...

Instantly turning a material from opaque to transparent, or from a conductor to an insulator, is no longer the stuff of science fiction. For several years now, scientists have been using lasers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Frank is an astrophysicist exploring our place in the Cosmos. View from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive ...

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense have come to an agreement on how “high-energy laser ...

Just as embroiderers, with needle and thread, can transform plain fabric into an intricate pattern, engineers can use lasers and polymers to create flexible, complex structures that could transform ...

Melasma often darkens in summer due to the sun, heat, and hormones. Dermatologists say laser treatments may help, but sun ...

There are many different types of lasers—almost as many as there are applications for the same—but what ties them all together as a class is that they depend on the same physical effect: stimulated ...