Sentences with phrase «by a laser beam»

It is no secret that our furry pals are easily excited by laser beams.

Our concept for space - based solar power by laser beam is about as transformative of the energy system as you can get.

The goal in all this is to create the elusive «burn,» a self - sustaining nuclear fusion reaction that produces more energy than is used by the laser beams.

The crystal is actually a gas of particles trapped in 3 - D formation by laser beams.

As a result of the Documenta 6 (1977), Kassel became the first town in the world to be illuminated by laser beams at night (Laserscape, by artist Horst H. Baumann).

Resulting movements of the stylus are detected by a laser beam to compute images.

This clock holds strontium atoms in a linear array of pancake - shaped traps formed by laser beams, called an optical lattice.

Two readers pointed out that back in 1974, New Scientist columnist Daedalus proposed 3D printing by laser beam polymerisation within a liquid resin — rather than accreting layers as in modern 3D printing (Letters, 12 November).

Two readers pointed out that back in 1974, New Scientist columnist Daedalus proposed 3D printing by laser beam polymerisation within...

Manchester United have complained to Uefa that winger Cristiano Ronaldo was dazzled by a laser beam ahead of their Champions League match at Lyon.

Even the distortion caused by the laser beam itself would need to be accounted for after the system had been shielded against all those external disturbances.

In an oft - repeated version of the photon experiment, a pair of entangled photons, A and B, are created by a laser beam.

Called Breakthrough Starshot, the initiative calls for largely abandoning rockets in favor of «light sails» — gossamer - thin reflective sheets that, once unfolded in space, could be propelled to very high speeds by laser beams.

A reconnaissance drone has flown for two days straight, fuelled by a laser beam that transmits energy from the ground to the aircraft.

The DVD player spins the disc, and as it rotates, the spiral is scanned by a laser beam, which acts much like the needle in an old record player.

So far researchers have used such coherence induced by laser beams to control molecular dissociation and have considered it as the basis for possible control of chemical reactions using photons.

NIF's ultimate goal is «ignition,» a self - sustaining reaction that produces more energy than was pumped into the target by the laser beams.

Power for the motors will come from photovoltaic cells on the climbers» undersides that are energized by a laser beamed up from the anchor station.

Gravitational interferometers consist of two heavy weights monitored by laser beams.

In order for the photons to be detectable by the human eye, they are amplified by laser beams (boxes with yellow triangle symbol).

The $ 1 billion - plus project consists of three satellites linked by laser beams, all orbiting the sun in an equilateral triangle 2.5 million kilometers on a side, tentatively scheduled for launch in 2030.

Cells activated by the laser beam now fluoresce.

When a section of this same plate is illuminated by a laser beam (as shown in Fig. 4), light waves come out which are similar to those coming from the original object.

A cantilever (c) covered with bacteria (b) shakes up and down as the bacteria metabolize on its surface, and the vibrations are detected by a laser beam.

In the late 1990s, she experimented with holograms, three - dimensional images formed by laser beams that capture light from an object with the image then burnt onto a piece of glass.

The method is based on the fluorescence of two important coenzymes (biomolecules that work in concert with enzymes) when excited by a laser beam.

According to a research note distributed to clients by Cowen and Company, Apple may be preparing to release the next iPhone equipped with some form of facial / gesture recognition powered by laser beams.

The screen splits accordingly when there are two or more enemies in the arena, and a window will disappear automatically whenever an adversary is shot down by your laser beam or missile.»