A fabricator that needs to weld thick plate in as few passes as possible often will turn to submerged arc welding (SAW), a legacy process that has dominated heavy fabrication for decades. Variations ...

Scars tell stories, but sometimes they’re stories we’d rather not share with the world. Laser treatment stands among the most effective solutions for those wanting to minimize the appearance of these ...

If you get an inexpensive diode laser cutter, you might have been disappointed to find it won’t work well with transparent acrylic. The material just passes most of the light at that wavelength, so ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester and UC Santa Barbara have built a laser so small it can sit on a penny. But don’t let its size fool you. This tiny laser could power the next generation of ...

A futuristic sounding process using a high-energy laser turns ordinary moon dust into versatile manufacturing and construction materials ...