Laser Current Affairs, GK & News
May 16: International Day of Light
Every year, on May 16, International Day of Light is celebrated by UNESCO. The day is being celebrated to mark the first successful operation of LASER in 1960. The first successful LASER operation was done by an engineer and physicist Theodore Maiman. Highlights The day celebrates the role of light in art, culture, science, sustainable ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Energy security • International Day of Light • Laser • Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) • Sustainable Development • UNESCO • United Nations
UNESCO celebrates 2nd edition of International Day of Light
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has celebrated the 2nd edition of International Day of Light (IDL-2019) on 16th May to mark the role light plays in our daily lives. IDL aims to raise awareness of the critical role light-based technologies play in our lives, elevating science, technology, art, and culture to ..
Topics: Laser • Maiman • Organizations • Physicists • Theodore Maiman • UNESCO
Upamanyu Dutta wins Asian Open Laser Sailing Championship in Singapore
Young Mumbai sailor Upamanyu Dutta bagged the bronze in the Laser Standard race for men in the Asian Open Laser Sailing Championship in Singapore. It is the India’s first ever medal in the competitive single handed Laser Standard Category. Nethra Kumanan of Chennai achieved a creditable 4th position in the Laser Radial event for women.
Topics: Dinghies • Laser • Olympic sailing classes • Sailboats • Sailing at the Summer Olympics • Sailing sport)
World’s fastest, shortest laser pulse created
Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland have successfully created the world’s shortest X-ray laser pulse with duration of just 43 attoseconds (1×10−18 of a second). This laser pulse is the shortest controlled event that has ever been created by humans. Laser Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Topics: Attosecond spectroscopy • Laser • Science and Technology • Switzerland
New Laser developed by the Scientists to assist in Detecting Roadside Bombs
A new laser developed by Researchers at Michigan State University United State Department of Homeland Security funded the research and it was published in the journal Applied Physics Letters The laser has the sensitivity and selectivity to look into large areas and detect improvised explosive devices, which cause 60% of coalition soldiers’ deaths in Afghanistan ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Bombs • Directed-energy weapons • Explosive • Explosives • Improvised explosive device • Laser • Light • Optics • Weapons