Oil prices are spiking again, this time because of the war unfolding in the Middle East. What would happen, however, if we could end our reliance on oil for good? People have been ...

Who doesn't love a humongous laser? Here at ExtremeTech, we're fans of both 1) technology and 2) extremes, and lasers are toward the far end of both spectra. So, do you have a minute? In the spirit of ...

A Massachusetts university is developing technology that aims to use lasers to drastically cut emissions and energy use from Maine’s paper and pulp industry. Worcester Polytechnic Institute recently ...

Fabric must be cut before it can be turned into something else, and [fiercekittenz] shows how a laser cutter can hit all the right bases to save a lot of time on the process. She demonstrates ...

The Basel team modified its laser pulse from a Gaussian profile to a top-hat shape, theorizing that a beamshaping operation would prevent laser energy being consumed by the walls of the cut. A "capped ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact – ideal for surgery. The problem is that, in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel ...