Any advance in laser tech has huge potential across a whole range of fields – from space comms to fusion power – and we just got a big one: ultra-short laser pulses of up to 100 megawatts, the most ...

Credit: Jason Wells/Shutterstock. The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed live-fire trials of a new laser self-protection system designed to be mounted on a variety of RAF aircraft, including the ...