If you have ever used a tape measure, you may have noticed a little hole or slot on the end of it. We'll tell you what that ...

By firing 10,000 laser pulses per second, ICESat-2 builds a highly detailed, three-dimensional record of Earth’s changing ...

The permanence of hammering nail holes in the wall makes us nervous, and we worry about making a mistake and having to hammer ...

[Andrew] got a little help from his friends to hack a laser distance meter. Using laser distance meters as sensors is one of the great quests of hackers – with good reason. Accurate distance ...

NASA’s ICESat-2 has hit an incredible milestone: 2 trillion laser shots fired from orbit! This Earth-monitoring marvel has ...

[Jason H. Gao] and [Li-Shiuan Peh] used an infra-red (IR) line laser and the camera on a smartphone. Their prototype cost only $49 since they used a smartphone that was on hand. The article ...

Cutting-edge technology meets the Kansas cow farm in a collaboration between physicists and agriculture scientists.

Drive innovation and development with unprecedented speed, precision, and simplicity. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA / ACCESS Newswire / March 10, 2025 / Today, Laser Thermal, a leader in optical thermal measure ...

High-precision lasers and optical components are critical hardware in the observatories, where they are used to measure tiny changes in the length of the interferometer arms caused by the cosmic ...

Investigating laser surface texturing effects on zirconia, this study shows improved adhesion to resin cement, offering a ...