Is it goodbye to the lowly spark plug?

Spark plugs. Those heavy for their size piece of metal chunk that are indispensable part of all automobiles, except diesel ones. You know what I mean. Anyway, it seems like Ford, and scientist at the Liverpool...

NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY CREATES WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL LASER

Researchers at the (NIF) National Ignition Facility have created the world's largest laser that will no doubt change the way we look at the stars.  Infact now we can make a star right here on Earth. ...

Cancer Treatment Kills Tumors by 'Cooking'

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Doctors at Cleveland Clinic are offering a new treatment for the most deadly form of brain cancer.  Their new experimental treatment literally 'zaps' the tumor away.  This new laser...

Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

This is a first in the world. An opportunity to seal incisions using a new method that discourages infection by its application and procedure."Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing,...

Machine aids brain-damaged little girl to say I love you mom for the first time

What a wonderful tender bonding experience for her loving parents! Science once again makes miracles happen thanks to passionate people that research and investigate to bless others lives. " A severely...

FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 17, 2008

" 1. FBI Coordinates Global Effort to Nab “Dark Market” Cyber Criminals A two year undercover...

Army Times asks if McCain flip flopped or fibbed.

"McCain on FCS: Flip-flop or fib? By Bradley Peniston - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Sep 13, 2008 6:58:20 EDT Has Sen. John McCain renounced his longtime antagonism toward the Army’s Future Combat Systems?On Sept. 8, the Republican presidential candidate told a...

Lasers proven to get rid of wrinkles

Deadly and precise, lasers are the favourite medium for destruction for those sci-fi villains out there. On the flip side it has now been proven to have the best wrinkle removing effects on the market as it...

Dozens of ravers partially blinded at Moscow party after their retinas are bu...

"Up to 30 partygoers at an outdoor rave have been partially blinded by a laser light show.Health officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness from the event, with reports suggesting up to 17 more.Some of those...

Ravers lose sight at Russian laser show

Wow, quite a story. Apparently these lasers were supposed to shoot into the sky, but because it was raining the set up tents and had the lasers reflect off them instead. The lasers were too powerful to be doing...

Happy 48th birthday to "the laser"

Imagine where we'd be without the laser. I'm not really smart enough to tell you, but the laserless life surely would be different. At the very least we wouldn't have cds, or Pink Floyd light shows, or eye...

Zap! Scientists use Lasers to Cause Lightning Storms

This is the coolest thing I've heard in a while, scientists have used lasers to trigger electrical activity in clouds. I can just imagine a team of scientists in white gowns firing a big cannon into a cloud....

Plasma TVs Out -------> Laser TVs In

February heralded in the introduction of a successful new Australian company named Arasor International who have partnered with an American company by the name of Novalux.As a result of this lucrative...

NOTHING Is Finally Captured, Stored, & Retrieved :: Oblate Spheroid

"That’s right! This is a feat for the ages. NOTHING, or a reasonable facsimile in the form of a VACUUM, has finally been captured, placed in storage, and successfully retrieved. Actually, what was captured...

Canadian military to dazzle Afghans with lasers?

If I were a soldier, packing something called a "dazzler" wouldn't be very reassuring somehow. "The Canadian military is looking at purchasing systems known as laser dazzlers for use against Afghans who would get...

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