In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat previously thought impossible, as light typically passes through other light ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

Israel will fully deploy the Iron Beam on December 30, introducing a laser system designed to intercept drones, rockets, missiles, and mortars at high speed. Defense Ministry research and analysis ...

Against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor, New Delhi aims to integrate technologies similar to Iron Dome and Arrow into its ...

Laser beam interactions with plasma are at the forefront of contemporary high-energy density physics, offering transformative potential in areas ranging from inertial confinement fusion to advanced ...

Applied scientists at Harvard University, collaborating with researchers at Hamamatsu Photonics in Japan, have demonstrated highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence ...