Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

A challenging optical illusion featuring an egg tray claims only 5% of people can correctly count all 30 eggs. This test ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard laser powerful enough to burn through metal and destroy drones in flight. The ...

DragonFire is a turret-mounted system designed to rotate and lock onto incoming threats The UK has fast-tracked deployment of its DragonFire laser weapon for the Royal Navy after trials in Scotland ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

Cailabs plans to boost production of optical ground stations to 50 per year by 2027. Credit: Cailabs Laser company Cailabs has raised €57 million ( ($67 million) in additional financing and plans to ...

Air and space were linked together in a recent flight test by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications where a laser system was used to communicate between a standard ...

Saudi Arabia's high-tech gamble on Chinese laser weapons is faltering. In a bid to shield vital oil facilities and billion-dollar Patriot batteries from drone swarms, Riyadh turned to China's ...

In a demonstration, a General Atomics optical communications terminal mounted on a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 twin engine aircraft established communications with a Tesat optical terminal on a ...

In lab experiments, scientists are testing a new way to reshape the cornea and correct impaired vision, but the research faces many hurdles before it could be approved for use in humans. When you ...

Yuma Test Center (YTC) at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is continually looking for methods to advance its capabilities, efficiency, productivity and sustainability. YTC’s latest investment in ...