Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Focused Energy, a fusion power startup, has signed an agreement to secure two of the world's most powerful lasers, specifically ...

The United States military is pushing its directed energy weapons toward a tenfold increase in power, moving from systems ...

UW-Madison Police Department officers cited three people after a high-powered laser was pointed at building, roads and a ...

Laser technology is breaking into new dimensions: ultrashort-pulse and continuous-wave lasers with average powers in the multi-kilowatt range promise to boost efficiency for mater ...

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a breakthrough in laser technology by using machine learning (ML) to help stabilize a ...

IPG Photonics Corporation has unveiled a new line of high-power lasers based on a rack-integrated platform, designed to enhance manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. These new lasers, showcased ...

A new breakthrough in wireless technology could dramatically boost internet speeds while cutting energy use—by switching from radio waves to light. Researchers have developed a tiny chip packed with ...

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone ...