a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.
doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery
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Recent Examples of lasersPhotothermolysis is a scientific term that explains how energy from lasers selects, heats, and destroys a target—which could include melanin.—
Tayler Adigun,
Allure,
2 July 2026 For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.—Parents,
1 July 2026 QuEra’s machines operate using neutral atoms that are held in a grid by lasers, so raising the qubit count is largely a matter of boosting the laser capacity.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026 The conservation team will secure unstable paint before cleaning the works with fiber lasers.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 June 2026 Be mesmerized by the dazzling lasers and pulse-pounding tunes from the movie in this unforgettable experience.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026 According to the sheriff's office, the lasers came from the 200 block of West Dean Road.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
29 June 2026 Some scientists think that powerful lasers could achieve this effect.—
Stephen Dikerby,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026 While Bonnaroo had many big moments, like lasers or fireworks exploding over the crowd, what made the experience worthwhile was all the small magic moments that accumulated throughout the four-day festival.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The athlete does not let himself be dribbled by the slightest sensitive subject, practicing an art of evasion beneath an XXL smile, under warm spotlights that illuminate his blue linen suit.
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TIME,
Time,
26 June 2026
As the nurturing Moon moves into your sign, your 1st House of Identity spotlights body wisdom, so give yourself room to adjust routines without perfection.
In the evening, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will draw thousands of eyes upward as 85,000 shells are launched from six barges and a laser show beams up from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.