Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast ... This effect occurs when light interacts with a material in an intensity-dependent way and ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat ...

which means Israel’s radar systems will not always detect them the way they detect missiles, which are bigger, experts said.

Instead of relying on fasteners to keep structures together in space, astronauts may need to use lasers to weld on the lunar surface.

Learn more about NASA and Ohio State’s collaboration, which aims to eventually enable large structure construction and repair ...

The trio spun off Xscape in 2022 after recruiting Raghunathan and Yoshitomo Okawachi, a laser engineer and a longtime colleague of Gaeta’s. Raghunathan joined by way of Broadcom, where he helped ...

The laser is a joint project shared by the U.K. Defense Ministry's science and technology agency and the U.K. branches of defense manufacturers Leonardo and Thales. Several "senior military officers ...

If scientists can crack the code using lasers, it could lead to a virtually limitless supply of safe, sustainable energy without any carbon emissions. This month, construction crews are breaking ...

NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) ...

The farther away Psyche travels on its way to its asteroid target, the fainter the laser photon signal will become. So far, the experiment is smashing records as it gets farther away from Earth.