Instantly turning a material from opaque to transparent, or from a conductor to an insulator, is no longer the stuff of ...

Imagine being able to flip a material from transparent to opaque, or reshape its properties in less than a billionth of a ...

Claims by Ukraine military official of a newly deployed combat laser joins a larger trend in directed energy weapons on the ...

The effects of ultra-fast lasers that can change material states in attoseconds are finally understood, thanks to new Israeli ...

However, researchers from leading optical labs around the world have found that a powerful laser can modify the refractive properties of matter, that is, change the extent to which light slows ...

Try to fathom the power of 1 million nuclear power plants. Now, imagine there is a way to pack the equivalent of that into ...

Based on their successes this go-around, they’re planning to use more powerful lasers and live fire at free-flying drones. On that same hilltop, Chariot Defense pulled up in a pickup truck with ...

Powerful lightning strikes pose a significant threat to buildings and people, but imagine if it were possible to control and direct them with a laser beam. Nature Photonics spoke to Jérôme ...

The US Army is building the world's most powerful laser, according to local reports on Wednesday. The Tactical High Power Operational Responder, THOR, was built at Kirtland Air Force Base in the ...