The Iron Dome has a success rate of about 90 percent against incoming rockets. Iron Beam will attempt to close the remaining ...

You’re sitting in a doctor’s office with numbing cream spread on your face like buttercream icing on a cake. You’re preparing ...

Our approach uses laser beams to process multiple possibilities simultaneously, dramatically increasing computing power," says Dr. Isaac Nape, the Optica Emerging Leader Chair in Optics at Wits.

The new tool takes a full picture of laser pulses in one go. It helps scientists fix problems fast in fusion and other energy ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new method enables the conversion of noisy, high-power laser beams into intensity-squeezed quantum light by passing them through nonlinear optical fibers and ...

Laser Proximity Sensors use laser beams to detect the presence or absence of objects within a certain range. They are used in security systems, robotics, automation, and industrial processes, where ...

When two laser beams crossed, one interfered with the passage of the other. ... Maddy is an editor and writer at IFLScience, with a degree in biochemistry from the University of York.

Creating such a powerful laser has taken time, though, and several experiments since the 1990s have failed to control the lightning as scientists hoped. This natural phenomenon has continued to ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. Earth has received a record-breaking laser-beamed ...