Many pieces of military equipment don’t appear especially remarkable at first glance. A rifle attachment, a protective vest, ...

The achievement, confirmed by ASML technologists Michael Purvis and Teun van Gogh, does not involve a proof-of-concept demonstration or a short-lived experiment. The company says the ...

A lucky alignment of galaxies allowed researchers to identify the most powerful and distant "space laser" ever found.

Not too far from Earth is a giant space rock that has silently played host to just twelve people in its entire history. What would happen if we put our cosmic satellite to work by covering it with ...

Industry first test of compact and energy-efficient satellite laser terminals in orbit aid to pave way for more secure, high-bandwidth and affordable space-to-Earth communication for small satellite ...

A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers ...

One weapon designed to combat drones is straight out of a science fiction movie, capable of incinerating aircraft out of the sky: Sunray, a high-energy beam.

LEDs no wider than a human hair could soon take on work traditionally handled by lasers, from moving data inside server racks to powering next-generation displays. New research co-authored by UC Santa ...

Astronomers have identified the most powerful and distant microwave laser, or maser, ever observed, originating from two ...

The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is the potential for the U.S. to quickly deploy nuclear power for ...

"The study addresses a central challenge in controlled fusion research: overcoming the strong Coulomb repulsion between positively charged nuclei, which conventionally necessitates heating fusion fuel ...