790 Results From "laser"

The Pentagon is working on a laser that can beam human speech directly into people's brains, tech that could warn intruders as they approach military bases.
Robots and Machines

Pentagon: New Laser Tech Can Make People Hear Voice Commands

Elon Musk's Neuralink hopes to one day use laser beams, and not a mechanical dril, to bore brain implant holes in the skull.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Will Use Lasers to Drill Holes In Your Skull

Russia's defense minister recently announced that the country has begun combat tests for both lasers and hypersonic weaponry.
Military

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

An astrophysicist thinks that the mysterious Planet Nine may really be a six centimeter-wide black hole. And he has a plan to finally find it.
Science & Energy

A Black Hole May Be Orbiting Our Sun. This Guy Wants to Find It.

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown
Exobiology

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown

The U.S. Special Forces are developing a device that can detect a person's unique cardiac signature using an IR laser from a distance.
Science & Energy

New Laser Can Identify People From a Distance By Their Heartbeat

MIT scientists developed a system of lasers that works like a remote ultrasound system: it can peer into a patient's body without touching them.
Developments

MIT Scientists Can Look at Your Insides From a Distance

New models show that scientists could use lasers and powerful magnets to manipulate superconducting materials or build quantum circuits.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Can Enhance Electronics by Shooting Them With Lasers

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.
Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

Australian pilots recently had to land after Chinese boats reportedly aimed lasers at them. Now China is denying responsibility for the incident.
Military

Australia: Chinese Lasers Forced Military Pilots to Land

A team of scientists successfully tested a laser that can track down cancer cells and kill them — all by simply shining a light from outside the skin.
Cancer

New Laser Zaps and Destroys Cancer Cells in Real Time

Scientists from Purdue University have built the world's fastest-spinning object, a nanoparticle capable of completing 300 billion revolutions per minute.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Break World Record for Fastest-Spinning Object

European scientists recently tested an unfathomably powerful laser. Next year, they expect to use it to develop new cancer treatments and study supernovas.
Physics

The World’s Strongest Laser is About to Simulate a Supernova

The MOONRISE project plans to send a small laser system to the Moon in 2021, testing the device's ability to melt Moon dust into a usable building material.
Moon

Laser Project Aims to Melt Moon Dust Into a Lunar Base

The crew of a nuclear missile-equipped submarine belonging to the Russian Navy is in quarantine over concerns they have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Future Society

Russia Quarantines Nuclear Sub Crew After Coronavirus Exposure

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons
Military

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

In a year filled with technological breakthroughs of all stripes, military technology really pushed the limits of what we thought was possible this year.
Military

The Coolest (and Scariest) Military Tech of 2019

The Navy will outfit a destroyer with the HELIOS laser weapon system for the first time in 2021, and hopes to upgrade the technology from there.
Military

The US Military Is Officially Rolling out Its HELIOS Laser Weapon

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon
Military

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon

According to a new study on ancient mollusk fossils, a day on Earth used to be half an hour shorter and a year was a full week longer.
Science & Energy

It’s Not You: Scientists Confirm Days Are Actually Getting Longer