Jennifer Roberts

DARPA Set A World Record By Wirelessly Sending 800+ Watts Of Energy Over 8.6 Km Via Laser In A 30-Sec Burst—Achieving 20% Usable Power At The Receiving End. Though Low, It’s Impressive For Long-Range Energy Beaming. The Breakthrough Could Power Drones, Aid Disaster Zones, Battlefield Operations, And Even Popped Popcorn, Like In Real Genius.

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The U.S. Set A World Record With Its Most Powerful Laser Ever, Zeus, A 2 PW Laser—100× Brighter Than Global Power Use—Funded By NSF ($16m). It Doubles Hercules’ Power (300 TW), Fires Pulses Lasting 25 Quintillionths Of A Second, & Will Soon Hit 3 PW, Advancing Quantum, Plasma, & Cosmic Research. The UK’s Vulcan 20-20 Aims To Surpass All.

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US Scientists Say They’ve Found A New Color—“Olo,” A Vivid Blue-Green—By Firing Laser Pulses Into 1 Eye Of 5 People, All With Normal Color Vision, Stimulating Only M Cone Cells (Green) Out Of The Eye’s 3 Types: S (Blue), M (Green), And L (Red). This Rare Activation Created A Color Unseen In Nature, Possibly Aiding Color Blindness Research.

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Surgeons At NYU, In May 2023, Performed The World’s First Full Eye Transplant On Aaron James, 46, Post-Face Transplant Due To A High-Voltage Accident. Early Signs Show Success, But Vision’s Return Remains Unsure. The 21Hr Surgery, A Leap In Optic Nerve Healing, Offers Hope For Treating Blindness, Fueling Prospects For Breakthroughs.

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Doctors Have Reattached The Hands Of A 5-Year-Old Kid, In What Many Are Describing As The First Of Such Medical Feat in Asia. And also The First Re-Implantation Of A Minor’s Hands In Pakistan. The 10 Hour Surgery Was Performed At The Children’s Hospital In Lahore After The Boy’s Hands Were Cut-Off In A Spinning Blade Machine At Home.

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