lasers

Wars in space sound like science fiction, but for the military, space is regarded as “the ultimate high ground.” It’s where the eyes and ears of the military are located.

For the first time scientists have figured out how to use an infrared laser to cool water by about 36 degrees Fahrenheit.

Boeing is the latest defense company to build an anti-drone laser system, rolling out the Compact Laser Weapon System this week.

The most powerful laser beam ever created has been recently fired at Osaka University in Japan, where the Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments (LFEX) has been boosted to produce a beam with a peak power of 2,000 trillion watts – two petawatts – for an incredibly short duration, approximately a trillionth of a second or one picosecond.

DVDs and Blu-ray disks contain so-called phase-change materials that morph from one atomic state to another after being struck with pulses of laser light.