803 Results From "laser"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

Antimatter particles may be a lot more predictable than science fiction makes it out to be, responding to gravity just like regular matter.
Science & Energy

Scientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It

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

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

A team of astronomers has detected the faint hum of gravitational waves echoing throughout our universe, possibly caused by black holes.
Black Holes

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Ripples in Spacetime Caused by Ancient Black Holes

In a new video, mad inventor and popular YouTuber Colin Furze built an oversized, counterweight arm to offset almost all of his body weight.
Robots and Machines

YouTube Inventor Builds Incredibly Fun-Looking Weightlessness Machine

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

Nearly 21 years after it was launched, NASA's RHESSI satellite is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere. Chances it'll hit you are apparently "low."
NASA

This NASA Satellite Is Falling Back to Earth After 21 Years

By shooting a laser pulse imitating the Fibonacci Sequence into qubits, physicists created a new phase of matter far better at maintaing a quantum state.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Fed the Fibonacci Sequence Into a Quantum Computer and Something Strange Happened

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil inside a vacuum chamber.
Moon

NASA Extracts Oxygen From Simulated Moon Dust

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

Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that can reverse vision loss in primates, potentially laying the groundwork for human treatment.
Gene Editing

Gene Therapy Gives Primates Young Eyes Again