YouTuber Drake Anthony, who goes by "styropyro," has created what he claims is the world's strongest handheld laser. According to Anthony, the legal limit of a laser pointer is 5 milliwatts, so he ...

A few years ago, researchers in Michal Lipson's lab noticed something remarkable. They were working on a project to improve LiDAR, a technology that uses lightwaves to measure distance. The lab was ...

The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with pulses lasting just 25 quintillionths of a second. The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with ...

Many hobbies seem to have a subset of participants who just can’t leave well enough alone. Think about hot rodders, who squeeze every bit of power out of engines they can, or PC overclockers, who ...

The most powerful laser in the U.S. just fired up to full strength for its first official experiment—and it’s an absolute beast. Reading time 3 minutes The ZEUS laser, tucked away (as much as a giant ...

A team of researchers has created a powerful new laser that fits on a microchip. It’s faster, more affordable, and easier to tune than existing precision lasers. The breakthrough could transform ...