a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.
doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery
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Recent Examples of lasersThis process is called amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), a phenomenon related to the emission processes that make X-ray lasers possible.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2026 Where previous attempts required building arrays of external lasers that had to be connected to processing chips, Lightmatter Guide chips are built with its Very Large Scale Photonics light engine on board.—
Rob Pegoraro,
Time,
15 Oct. 2026 For more serious scarring, dermatologists can recommend more aggressive treatments such as lasers that probe deeper into the skin.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2026 Two to three suspects demanded victims' belongings at gunpoint using firearms equipped with lasers, police said.—ABC News,
8 Oct. 2026 Under its agreement with ESA, NASA is responsible for supplying the transmitters and telescopes for the lasers.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
7 Oct. 2026 Previous peels, microneedling, IPL, lasers, or other cosmetic procedures, including dates and reactions.—
Malana Vantyler,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2026 Google plans to launch two experimental satellites in 2027 to help test how its potential data centers might communicate with one another via lasers.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 Oct. 2026
Tallinn’s Critics’ Picks strand spotlights films with a clear artistic point of view and a fresh take on storytelling, including work that wrestles with genre, cinema’s past and the social issues of the moment.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2026
Additionally, a companion documentary-style film spotlights Loopwheeler’s fabric.
Meanwhile, Mickelson noted that every ceiling in the theater is different — a coffered ceiling with hexagonal panels gives way to plaster beams designed and painted to look like wood.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Oct. 2026
Flexible beams and shells that snap between shapes have also been used to produce movement.