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

Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine

By Kristin Houser

Tesla patented a system that would replace good old fashioned windshield wipers with actual laser beams that zap away debris.

Tesla Wants to Replace Windshield Wipers With Lasers

By Dan Robitzski

Chilean protestors banded together to disable a hovering police drone using hundreds of consumer laser pointers in a dazzling concerted effort.

Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointers

By Dan Robitzski

Raytheon just delivered a functional laser cannon to the Air Force, designed specifically to take down swarms of hostile drones.

The Air Force Just Got a Brutal New Laser Cannon

By Dan Robitzski

According to Ars Technica, cutting-edge research into ultra-powerful lasers could pulse a laser "through fabric of the Universe."

Science & Energy

New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality

By Jon Christian

With new contracts awarded to weapons developers, the Army is pushing for new laser weapons capable of destroying drones and vehicles.

US Army Doubles Down on Directed Energy Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

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.

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Pentagon: New Laser Tech Can Make People Hear Voice Commands

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Kristin Houser

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

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

Australia: Chinese Lasers Forced Military Pilots to Land

By Dan Robitzski

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.

The US Military Is Officially Rolling out Its HELIOS Laser Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

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.

Laser Project Aims to Melt Moon Dust Into a Lunar Base

By Kristin Houser

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

Raytheon Says Laser Weapon Will Blast Nuclear Missiles From Sky

By Dan Robitzski

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.

The Air Force Just Tested a Laser Weapon for Fighter Jets

By Dan Robitzski

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

Nobel Prize Winner: Lasers Could Permanently Destroy Nuclear Waste

By Jon Christian

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

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

By Dan Robitzski

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

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

By Jon Christian

European military tech contractor Rheinmetall Defense successfully tested a laser turret capable of taking down drones and mortar fire late last year.

European Military Contractor Tests New Laser Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Air Force wants to equip its fighter jets with defensive laser weapons as soon as the early 2020s.

Robots and Machines

The Air Force Wants to Arm Fighter Jets With Laser Weapons

By Victor Tangermann

Laser scientists say a machine learning breakthrough has smashed the standing record for a fusion power yield using machine learning.

Laser Scientists Just Tripled Their Fusion Power Yield

By Jon Christian

The U.S. Army is working on a system in which a ground-based laser shoots a military drone mid-flight in order to power it.

Shoot This Military Drone With a Laser, and It’ll Stay in the Air Indefinitely

By Kristin Houser

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

By Kristin Houser

In a Surprise Discovery, Researchers Used a Laser Beam to Create a Stream of Liquid

Science & Energy

In a Surprise Discovery, Researchers Used a Laser Beam to Create a Stream of Liquid

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Futuristic Space Lasers Have Arrived, And They’re Far More Than Weapons

By Patrick Caughill

The U.S. Is Turning to Lasers for the Future of Warfare

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The U.S. Is Turning to Lasers for the Future of Warfare

By Patrick Caughill

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Researchers Think Aliens Might Use Laser Beams to Communicate With Earth

By Christianna Reedy

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Science & Energy

The World’s Largest X-Ray Laser Is Almost Ready to Reveal the Atomic Universe

By Kristin Houser

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Boeing Is Developing Laser Pods for U.S. Fighter Jets

By Cecille De Jesus

Scientists Have Created a Totally New Type of Laser With Light and Water Waves

Science & Energy

Scientists Have Created a Totally New Type of Laser With Light and Water Waves

Next-Generation Warfare Will Feature Laser-Mounted Combat Vehicles

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Next-Generation Warfare Will Feature Laser-Mounted Combat Vehicles

By Jess Vilvestre

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Quantum Physics

Physicists Have Figured Out How to Create Matter and Antimatter Using Light

By June Javelosa

Superconductivity Breakthrough: Laser Suspension Could Be the Key

Science & Energy

Superconductivity Breakthrough: Laser Suspension Could Be the Key

By Cecille De Jesus

OMEGA Laser Could Produce Nuclear Fusion at 5 Times Current Levels

OMEGA Laser Could Produce Nuclear Fusion at 5 Times Current Levels

By Jelor Gallego

Researchers Can Now Repair Severed Neuron Connections Using Lasers

Science & Energy

Researchers Can Now Repair Severed Neuron Connections Using Lasers

By Jelor Gallego

Now, Scientists Can Suture Wounds with Lasers

Science & Energy

Now, Scientists Can Suture Wounds with Lasers

By June Javelosa

Chinese Soldiers Now Have Laser Guns

Chinese Soldiers Now Have Laser Guns

By June Javelosa