"This megamaser is unusual because it is located at a very large distance. That means we are observing it from a much earlier time in the universe." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

Artist rendering of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser. (Lockheed Martin) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons ...

With the launch of the Galaxy S26 series, Samsung has grabbed headlines thanks to its new Privacy Display technology on the S26 Ultra. While it’s an interesting ...

Shopping for a printer largely boils down to choosing between inkjet and laser. Both put text and images onto paper, which seems straightforward enough, but they differ in how they do it. Which you ...

It’s well known that the main job of a pulse width modulator’s filter is to limit the maximum peak-to-peak amplitude of the f PWM Hz-induced ripple. It attenuates this to a specified fraction—Frac of ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa have discovered a powerful microwave laser beam firing off in the distant reaches of the cosmos. Detected nearly 8 billion light years away in a ...

Samsung confirmed the Galaxy S26 series does not include a flicker-reduction or DC-like dimming option, potentially making the display on the phones uncomfortable for users with PWM sensitivity. The ...

Some members of the maker community are distraught about Arduino’s new terms of service (ToS), saying that the added rules put the company’s open source DNA at ...

The engine in your car, truck, or SUV can run on either copper, platinum, or iridium spark plugs. You probably heard the hype around iridium plugs and how they manage to deliver solid sparks while ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

Hair transplants are popular but involve surgery, high costs, and recovery time. FoLix, a laser treatment for hair loss, could be a nonsurgical alternative. Not everyone is a candidate. This article ...