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For anyone working in the aviation industry or who has traveled on a plane, the news that a Virgin Atlantic flight had to turn back to London Heathrow after one of the pilots suffered an eye injury due to a laser pointer aimed at the cockpit is distressing—but certainly not surprising.

Scientists are testing a new method that uses tiny bubbles inside the body to focus laser beams, functioning like a roadmap for the light.

Airbus is developing a film for cockpit windows to protect pilots, amidst the increased laser attacks.

Lasers are rapidly getting cheaper, smaller and better.

The video above was made at LasX Industries, which made a laser system designed specifically to print artworks.

Energy loss in optical systems, such as lasers, is a chief hindrance to their performance and efficiency and it occurs on an ongoing, frustrating basis.

Mechanical engineers have found a way to dramatically increase the sensitivity of a light-based plasmon sensor. They say it could potentially be used to detect an incredibly minute and hard-to-detect explosive popular among terrorists.