Mayan ’embassy’ built in the 4th century is uncovered using airborne lasers beams

Archaeologists in Guatemala believe they have discovered a hidden ’embassy’ in the legendary Mayan city of Tikal. The compound includes a pyramid, burial site and various items indicative of Teotihuacan, a rival city-state hundreds of miles away in Mexico.  It was recently discovered thanks to aerial laser scans that could pierce through centuries of dirt … Read more

OneWeb’s space lasers scheme to safeguard broadband

Broadband venture OneWeb could use lasers in space to provide crucial back-up if undersea communication cables were attacked by hostile nations By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 27 March 2021 The Government-backed broadband venture OneWeb could use lasers in space to provide crucial back-up … Read more

Pompeii: Scientists use lasers to remove stains on 2,000-year-old fresco in the House of the Ceii

A stunning fresco in the garden of Pompeii’s Casa dei Ceii (House of the Ceii) has been painstakingly laser-cleaned and touched up with new paint by expert restorers. The artwork — of hunting scenes — was painted in the so-called ‘Third’ or ‘Ornate’ Pompeii style, which was popular around 20–10 BC and featured vibrant colours. In … Read more

Body armour made from SHRIMP SHELLS could protect soldiers against bullets, lasers and poison gas

A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells.  Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells.  The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more

Experiment using lasers of light reveals how spit from talking can travel through air without mask 

An experiment has revealed how spit droplets from talking can spray through the air potentially transmitting viruses such as Covid-19, unless the speaker wears a mask.  With studies suggesting that talking can release just as many virus harbouring droplets into the air as coughing and sneezing, scientists have devised a way to visualise the threat posed … Read more

MIT is using LASERS to make thousands of face shields a day for staff treating coronavirus

MIT is using LASERS to make foldable face shields that can be stacked in mass quantities and shipped by the thousands to medical staff treating coronavirus patients MIT has developed a new way to manufacture thousands of face shields a day  Lasers cut thousands  of sheets of plastic at once into shapes for the masks The … Read more

Lasers, X-rays and infrared are helping to discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies

Modern technology is ‘shining a light’ on what daily life was like in ancient Egypt by using lasers, X-rays, and infrared to examine the bones of mummies.  A number of bone samples dating back between 2,000 and 4,000 years have been tested using the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Labs in California.  It works by … Read more