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In this technique, fine powder is placed on a flat bed, then exposed to a highly powerful laser beam that fuses each microscopic particle together in a process called sintering.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
10 Nov. 2026 The team used a small laser beam — about one-tenth the diameter of a human hair — to analyze the tiny grains and crystals inside of the samples.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2026 The goal is to destroy cool forever with a laser beam of pathos.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2026 Powered by electric energy, E-HEL generates a lethal high-energy laser beam, offering a low cost-per-shot against critical unmanned aircraft system threats, and a magazine that regenerates with the system’s power supply.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
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