790 Results From "laser"

The Royal Navy has developed a new technology that is capable of powering the Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy Weapon on board its most advanced ships.
Robots and Machines

The UK’s New “Dragonfire” Laser Weapon Is Weirdly Steampunk

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new hybrid power source for laser weapons. A combo of a battery and a helicopter engine, the system could fire a laser indefinitely.
Future Society

Rolls-Royce Is Selling a Power System for Lethal Laser Weapons

NASA announced today that it has awarded three contracts to develop lunar landing systems in an effort to return astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.
Starship

SpaceX Wins Large NASA Contract for Starship Moon Missions

Astrophysicist Ron Mallett believes he's figured out how to build a time machine that would allow someone to travel to the past.
Physics

Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine

The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.
Military

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

In order to prevent devastating hypersonic missile strikes, military contractor Raytheon is working towards a powerful laser capable of shooting them down.
Nuclear Fusion

Raytheon Says Laser Weapon Will Blast Nuclear Missiles From Sky

An Australian fusion startup called HB11 claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear fusion technology. A bold statement.
Energy

Fusion Startup Claims Breakthrough Will Provide “Unlimited” Energy

Entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan to chat about the future of AI and its role in the symbiosis of man and machine.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Neuralink Will Do Human Brain Implant in “Less Than a Year”

Last month, the Air Force tested a new anti-missile laser weapon that it hopes to equip onto fighter jets by 2021. For now, it's still too big.
Future Society

The Air Force Just Tested a Laser Weapon for Fighter Jets

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.
Starship

Watch SpaceX’s Latest Starship Prototype Crumple Like a Can

Quantum physicists have figured out a way to "hold" individual atoms in place, offering up an unprecedented look at the way they interact with each other.
Physics

Quantum Physicists “Hold” Individual Atoms in Place for First Time

After a nation-wide stdudent contest, NASA has selected "Perseverance" as the name for its next Mars rover, set to launch later this year.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Officially Has a Name

Elon Musk revealed that his secretive brain-computer interface startup Neuralink is working on an "awesome" new version of the company's prototype.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Upcoming Version of Neuralink is “Awesome”

MIT is working on self-driving technology that allows cars to "see" through the ground up to a depth of ten feet below the surface of the road.
Self-Driving Vehicles

MIT Tech Lets Self-Driving Cars “See” Under Surface of Road

A research team's new technique has improved the development of transparent organs creating stunning images of 3D cellular maps.
Developments

Scientists Turn Entire Human Organs Fully Transparent

Scientists at Scripps Research say they've found a way to reverse rats' alcoholism by blasting particular neurons in their brains with lasers.
Brain

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have figured out a way to produce oxygen from Moon dust. The team just opened up their own "prototype oxygen plant."
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Make Oxygen From Moon Dust

Rolls-Royce is eyeing two building sites for its first mini nuclear power stations called "small modular reactors" (SMR) in Wales and northern England.
Nuclear Fusion

Rolls-Royce Is Building Tiny Nuclear Reactors

The U.S. Navy says that it's going to outfit a destroyer with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin.
Military

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

A Nobel Prize winning scientist says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes.
Nuclear Fusion

Nobel Prize Winner: Lasers Could Permanently Destroy Nuclear Waste