Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Focused Energy, a fusion power startup, has signed an agreement to secure two of the world's most powerful lasers, specifically ...

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 ...

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone ...

The United States military is pushing its directed energy weapons toward a tenfold increase in power, moving from systems ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A low-cost, high-power laser-based system aimed at destroying incoming missiles has successfully completed testing and will be ready for operational use by the military later ...

A new breakthrough in wireless technology could dramatically boost internet speeds while cutting energy use—by switching from radio waves to light. Researchers have developed a tiny chip packed with ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP), the global leader in fiber laser technology, has released new high-power lasers built on a new ...

IPG Photonics Corporation has unveiled a new line of high-power lasers based on a rack-integrated platform, designed to enhance manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. These new lasers, showcased ...

The United Kingdom recently committed hundreds of millions of pounds to a directed-energy weapon designed to shoot down fast-moving drones, and a separate line of physics research suggests that the ...

What if you held in your hand a device so powerful it could ignite wood in seconds, melt metals with ease, and even create synthetic rubies? The world’s strongest handheld laser, boasting a staggering ...