For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

A new study measures the environmental and economic tradeoffs of making a VTOL UAV component by CNC milling, Selective Laser Melting, or metal extrusion.

Insights from People of Print member Maxim Print It’s often the finishing touches that make people stop, pick something up, and take a second look. A sharp edge, a precise cut, a surface that’s been ...

III-V PhC lasers with small footprint and low power consumption are potential ultra-compact and power-efficient light sources for future on-chip optical interconnects. Current fabrication of PhC ...

The headlines lately have verged on science fiction. A few weeks ago, my colleague Simon Shuster reported that the Ukrainian military had unveiled a new anti-drone laser weapon called the Sunray. On ...

The White House held a meeting Friday to discuss recent incidents where a military laser system was used near the Texas border with Mexico without proper coordination between government agencies, ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

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This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Every day, Jeremy Boal practices dying. Sitting in his leather recliner or out on his back porch, he enters a ...

What happens to social media accounts belonging to those who shuffle off this mortal coil has been a subject of debate ever since the tech went mainstream. Should dormant accounts be left alone, or ...

The unexpected and ultimately short-lived flight ban near El Paso this week stemmed from disagreements within the federal government over the use of a high-energy laser weapon system to take down ...

The sudden closure of El Paso's airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects ...