5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (143+ words) Legal Insurrection:Suspected cartel drone traffic in the Rio Grande Valley has fallen 75 percent since the Trump... The military has been busy. Pentagon officials said U.S. forces shot down 300 suspected cartel drones during the first eight months of 2026, including 100 in August…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (547+ words) Why organizations are moving past full digital sovereignty Canada eyes researchers looking to leave ‘hostile’ US AI-powered fraud is becoming personal: How cybercriminals are exploiting trust at unprecedented scale Robotics meets ultrafast lasers: Could a new generation of tools transform…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (186+ words) How do you add an optical isolator to a silicon photonics chip without exposing the entire chip to high temperatures? A laser-based process could solve it. Laser Method Puts Optical Isolators Directly On Silicon Chips The researchers addressed this by…...

2+ day, 37+ min ago   (236+ words) A new optical chip technology from Kyocera and Tohoku University could help solve a growing problem in high-speed data centers by cutting back-reflected light by about 95 percent. That matters because optical isolators prevent light from traveling back toward the laser…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (53+ words) Bioengineer.org Subject of Research: Laser welding of dissimilar CLF-1 and ITER-grade 316LN steels for ITER Test Blanket Module structural components Article Title: Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser welded dissimilar materials joints between CLF-1 and ITER-grade 316LN steels for nuclear fusion…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (434+ words) The new partnership aims to adapt powerful pulsed lasers designed for fusion energy into potential military defense systems. RTX Ventures has invested in laser fusion company Xcimer Energy to develop pulsed-laser technology for potential use in US military directed-energy systems....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (217+ words) Defense Daily The use of laser weapons is contributing to a dramatic decline in nefarious drone use along America’s southern border, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) said on Thursday. The laser-based systems have had a “chilling effect” on illegal…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (526+ words) The U.S. military has put a major dent in Mexican drug cartels’ drone operations near the southern border. The military has been using lasers to shoot down the devices, which cartels use to gather intelligence to aid them in their smuggling…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (184+ words) Researchers at Wuhan University developed a molecular-sieve-assisted confined molten-salt route to grow 2.66 nm Na2Nb4O11 single-crystal sheets. Devices made from the material combined sensitive ultraviolet detection with millisecond response and stable cycling, and enabled UV imaging and proof-of-concept two-wavelength physical-layer information encoding....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1069+ words) MCALLEN, TX. –Less than two weeks after the military first used a high-energy laser weapon system to down suspicious drones, military officials told CBS News there has been a roughly 75% decrease in the number of drones probing the southern border…...