This beam was formed from a bunch of electrons ... to simply imagine—scientists have given us the newest glimpse of what a petawatt laser (a petawatt equals one quadrillion watts) is capable ...

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Israel’s in-development high-powered laser interception system, dubbed Iron Beam, is expected to be operational in a year, the director general of the Defense Ministry says. “The first ...

The new method is far more expensive, but it allowed scientists to use a laser beam to control lightning bolts. The physicists working on the experiment did so from a mountaintop in Switzerland ...

Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow.

Physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory just created a petawatt laser beam with the highest peak power and current ever. This beam was formed from a bunch of electrons that were ...