The FBI and FAA are warning people not to point lasers in the sky, citing a surge in pilots getting hit in the eyes over the ...

Ultrashort laser pulses—that are shorter than a millionth of a millionth of a second—have transformed fundamental science, ...

At a moment when solar farms are being built faster than grids can absorb their daytime peaks, a California startup is ...

Authorities warn pointing lasers at aircraft can be very dangerous for those both in the air and on the ground.

Pointing a laser at an aircraft is a serious federal crime in the United States—but thousands of incidents are reported per ...

Okay, it's not quite that common an occurrence, but there are indeed a number of firms giving this a go. The latest to join ...

A major European research effort is beginning as Tampere University leads a €4.4 million Doctoral Network focused on high-power optical vortices, a form of twisting light with remarkable potential.

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Lasers are objects that we normally see used as pointers in talks or help us play DVDs and CDs. But lasers are such a huge achievement in science and there are so many things about lasers that most ...

A decade ago, a group of scientists had the literally brilliant idea to use bioluminescent light to visualize brain activity.

Small lasers have dimensions or modes sizes close to or smaller than the wavelength of emitted light. In recent years there has been significant progress towards reducing the size and improving the ...