790 Results From "laser"

China has developed a laser that could be mounted on a satellite to enable high-speed communication, tracking, and identifying targets, South China Morning Post reports.
Off-World

Chinese Researcher Says New Space Laser Is Definitely Not a Weapon

Physicists accomplished the feat using lasers as optical traps, though they had quantum computing in mind more so than a national pastime.
Physics

Scientists Play Tiniest Game of Baseball By Throwing and Catching Individual Atoms

South Korean researchers have maintained plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds inside a tokamak fusion reactor.
Energy

Korean “Artificial Sun” Reactor Sets Record at 100 Million Degrees

Japan has officially inaugurated the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor called JT-60SA just north of Tokyo.
Energy

Japan Finishes World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

The US Navy has fired a laser weapon at a floating target in the Mideast, destroying it, the Associated Press reports.
Robots and Machines

US Navy Uses Laser Weapon to Destroy “Floating Target”

A close-up of a model Odysseus Moon lander on a desk, with Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus' hand and torso behind it.
Moon

NASA’s Precious Moon Lander Has Toppled Over

Think your town is bad? At least you don't have such a bad crow problem that officials are planning to use lasers to get rid of them.
Science & Energy

Silicon Valley City to Use Cheapo Lasers to Fight Invasion of Furious Crows

Andrew Cuomo's campaign embraced AI — and it made him a toxic laughingstock, while Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory.
Ethics

Andrew Cuomo’s Extensive Use of AI Made His Campaign a Toxic Joke

In a thread on the Tesla subreddit, a driver found that their brand-new Model 3's cameras kept fogging up, disabling Full Self-Driving.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Full Self-Driving Helpless When Cameras Fog Up in Cold Weather

FedEx asked the US Federal Aviation Administration if it could install anti-missile lasers on cargo jets, according to a request filed earlier this month.
Advanced Transport

FedEx Asks Permission to Install Anti-Missile Lasers on Its Cargo Jet

And after months of testing, the review embargo for Humane's mysterious AI "Pin" finally lifted — and it sounds like a nightmare to use.
Artificial Intelligence

Humane’s AI “Pin” Is a $700 Flaming Dumpster Fire

The brain geniuses at the Pentagon have decided that a good use of the taxpayer dollar is to attach rifles onto the backs of robot dogs.
Robot Dogs

US Army Brags About Plans to Mount Rifle on Robot Dog

Microplastics have been found inside human heart tissues — though as the scientists who found them note, it's not all that surprising.
Studies

Scientists Puzzled to Find Plastic Fragments Inside Human Hearts

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory claim to have generated more energy with a fusion reaction than was needed to start it.
Energy

Physicists Say New Breakthrough Proves Fusion Power Is Possible

Scientists have set a new fusion energy world record, producing 69 megajoules at the Joint European Torus in the UK.
Energy

Fusion Reactor Produces Record Amount of Energy in Final Experiment

Lockheed Martin delivered a laser weapon called the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force, meant to be mounted to a gunship.
Military

Lockheed Delivers Laser Weapon for Mounting to Military Gunship

After Russia’s Failure, India Is Preparing to Land on the Moon
Moon

After Russia’s Failure, India Is Preparing to Land on the Moon

Chance Glenn, an engineering professor, is ready to commit an entire lab to inch closer towards a warp drive by making use of simple antifreeze.
Science & Energy

Professor Believes Door to Warp Drive May Lie With Ethylene Glycol

NASA director of facilities Erik Weiser warned on Thursday that the space agency's facilities are in an "increasing state of decline."
NASA

NASA Complains That Its Buildings Are Falling Apart

Scientists believe rare pink diamonds were formed when an ancient supercontinent broke up 1.3 billion years ago.
Science & Energy

Pink Diamonds Emerged When a Supercontinent Broke Up, Scientists Say