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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wants to use Israel's laser technology to keep away migrants at the country's Mexican border.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Anti-Immigrant Space Lasers

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University have constructed an AI-powered robot trained to kill cockroaches and other insects with a deadly laser.

Brutal Robot Kills Cockroaches Using a Powerful Laser

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists at Hongtuo Joint Laboratory in Wuhan, China, have invented a somewhat mysterious laser pen that lets users write in mid-air.

Chinese Scientists Show Off Laser That Can Write Words in Mid-Air

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The team from McGill University designed a rocket system that uses a 10-meter wide laser array on Earth to power up an orbiting spacecraft.

Advanced Transport

Scientists Propose Mission to Mars Powered by Giant Laser on Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

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

Lockheed Delivers Laser Weapon for Mounting to Military Gunship

By Victor Tangermann

The Israeli military just tested a plane equipped with a new laser weapon that's capable of burning through drones in midair.

Watch Israel’s Military Shoot Down Drones With a Laser

By Dan Robitzski

The Air Force just awarded a contract to develop lasers that can detonate landmines and other hazards from a safe distance.

The Air Force Is Getting a Laser That Detonates Landmines From Afar

By Dan Robitzski

A new NASA facility will communicate with distant spacecraft via lasers, vastly improving the bandwidth of interplanetary communications.

Science & Energy

NASA Facility Will Beam Messages to Space Through Lasers

By Dan Robitzski

NASA equipped the 2020 Mars rover with a powerful laser, capable of vaporizing rocks. It's an extreme way of learning what they're made of.

Science & Energy

Next NASA Mars Rover Will Sport a Rock-Vaporizing Laser

By Dan Robitzski

The US Navy is looking to arm nuclear submarines with high-energy laser weapons, according to Popular Mechanics. It won't reveal why.

The US Navy Wants to Arm Nuclear Submarines With Laser Cannons

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe they were able to make mice hallucinate by stimulating just 20 of their brain neurons, raising new questions about the human brain.

Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

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

By Victor Tangermann

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.

New Laser Zaps and Destroys Cancer Cells in Real Time

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Victor Tangermann