In recent years, handheld green lasers have become the hardware of choice for everything from delivering lectures to entertaining cats, in part because the human eye detects their light more ...

When you select paper for your office laser printer, you choose from an ever-broadening range of options designed to meet a long list of communication needs. From bread-and-butter stocks for routine ...

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday released dramatic photos from a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon system that "successfully engaged" a floating target during a test in the Gulf of Aden. The laser ...

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to fire a fighter-jet configured laser pod from the ground as a key step toward achieving its goal of firing lasers from jets on combat missions in the air. As a part ...

A NASA probe launching toward the moon Friday night is carrying a high-tech laser experiment designed to improve deep-space communications. NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE ...

Farmers on the East Coast can now fight weeds with laser beams that work just as well as chemical sprays on peas, beets, and spinach. As Cornell University detailed, these smart machines move along ...

The Boeing Airborne Laser Testbed successfully shot down a Scud missile-like target at 2044 PST off the California coast, a landmark achievement in the $6 billion programme's 16-year history. The ALTB ...

Whether you're a regular presentation giver or you just like to pop balloons and start fires, laser pointers have become much more common, albeit sometimes unsafe, household objects. Here's how to ...

Data from a recent integrated ground test of the Alpha high-energy laser, its beam director telescope and the associated beam alignment and correction system have provided the team developing the ...

Laser jet printers are made up of many sensitive parts including the photoreceptor, the drum assembly and the printer controller. Just like when you go to the doctor and get a number of tests done to ...