Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Army, have developed a ...

Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the ...

A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...

managed by the U.S. Air Force. The SILL is a four-kilowatt-class, solid-state, pulsed laser with excellent beam quality.

The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that Xcimer Energy was selected for a $9 million award from the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program, a ...

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (at Stanford University), and others have created what they describe as "the ...