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Laser Quest: the story behind Ronald Reagan's Star Wars
By Adam Hartley published
Star Wars Week Star Wars could have represented something entirely different and a lot more deadly, if Reagan got his way.
Huge lasers are helping us learn why some stars fail to ignite
By Duncan Geere published
Researchers studying why brown dwarfs fail to grow into proper stars have managed to recreate the conditions inside one.
Lasers could help us create a portable Large Hadron Collider
By Duncan Geere published
Huge particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider buried below Switzerland could soon be augmented by far-smaller portable units.
Laser-printed holograms could enable 'smart windows'
By Duncan Geere published
A team of physicists has developed a quick, cheap way of laser-printing 2D and 3D holograms on small objects.
World's most powerful laser fired in Japan
By Duncan Geere published
A Japanese team has broken the record for the world's most powerful laser beam with a blast from a two-quadrillion-watt monster
Thanks to lasers, we're learning more about dinosaurs
By Duncan Geere published
A new laser-scanning technique is showing us details of fossils that we've never seen before.
10 bits of tech to scare you witless
By Carrie Marshall published
In Depth Meet the miracle technologies of the future that will track you, spy on you and blow you up.
CSIRO shooting heritage sites with lasers (to digitally map them)
By Nick Broughall published
The CSIRO has unveiled Zebedee, a new handheld laser 3D mapping system used to preserve some of Australia's most significant heritage sites.
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