Responsive soft materials capable of exhibiting various three-dimensional (3D) shapes under the same stimulus are desirable for promising applications including adaptive and reconfigurable soft robots ...

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

The Department Of Energy (DOE) proposes to shut down the Omega laser which was first built to help achieve fusion. A ‘three-year rampdown’ plan for the laser has been initiated and eventually the ...

Dutch engineer Johan Von Konowhas created a stunning gingerbread house – but instead of using traditional techniques he used a 50W laser engraver with a simple CAD program! Johan first created an ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

Boeing’s Airborne Laser system uses adaptive optics to focus a megawatt-class beam on a ballistic missile target, destroying it. The chemical-pumped laser soon will be able to destroy a ballistic ...

LASER World of PHOTONICS, the world's leading trade fair, combines knowledge transfer and practical application Forum program and guided tours: Experts discuss trends in photonics Innovation Award ...