world news Tattooed cucumbers in the fight against plastic A distributor of fruits and vegetables has found a way to burn ‘organic’ labels onto produce to replace stickers or plastic wrapping. Dutch firm 12/09/2017
United Kingdom Pilots demand laser ban after UK flight incident The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) is calling for tougher legislation to crackdown on the use of lasers after a laser beam forced a 15/02/2016
hi-tech Laser scanning trees Trees do the vital job of absorbing carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and producing oxygen. But at the moment, the only way to 26/01/2015
hi-tech Laser technology gives priceless Vatican artworks a face-lift The restoration laboratory of the Vatican Museums is home to one of the largest collections of paintings and sculptures in the world. This is where 10/11/2014
hi-tech Revealed - restoring caryatids in the Acropolis Museum A caryatid is a sculpture of a woman used to replace a supporting pillar and at the Acropolis Museum in Athens they are restoring the building’s 04/06/2014
hi-tech South Africa launches new digital laser Researchers in South Africa have developed a new digital laser which they say will revolutionise laser technology. Since the first laser was 02/12/2013
innovation Quantel eyes the future of lasers Lasers are everywhere – from laptops to satellites, they are a vital part of modern life. The power and compact nature of fibre lasers means they 16/12/2011
