A specially outfitted 747 used an onboard laser beam last week to shoot down a missile for the first time. It was, perhaps just as significantly, a flying military-industrial complex all by itself.

Ever since the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) was invented in 1958, science fiction has depicted them as all-powerful weapons of war. For most of the laser's history, ...

Representatives from the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s LASER PULSE program traveled to Vietnam this summer to meet with three research teams working on air or water pollution projects. Led by ...

Scientists in the United States were forced to pause the development of an advanced ultrafast laser technology that could have been useful for national defense and a host of civilian applications.

The planetarium offers public shows on second and fourth Saturdays at 11 a.m. (full-dome planetarium feature), 1:30 p.m. (full-dome planetarium movie), and 3:30 p.m. (laser show), throughout the year ...

The Beth Sholom synagogue in Elkins Park, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is an unusual building even among the famed architect’s unique built works. Some have described it as a spaceship that landed ...