PowerLight Technologies, a leader in safe wireless power transfer, today announced the successful development and subsystem testing of its end-to-end laser power beaming system for Unmanned Aerial ...

Star Catcher’s technology is designed to use Fresnel lenses to collect and concentrate sunlight. Credit: Star Catcher Startup Star Catcher Industries plans to demonstrate an orbital optical power beam ...

A KHA K1000ULE drone receives power via PowerLight’s laser power beaming system during a flight test. (PowerLight Photo) Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system ...

Katie Samuelson, CEO of the nonprofit BEAMING Inc., was named a 2026 Remarkable Women National Finalist. Samuelson was selected from over 12,000 nominees for her leadership and community impact.

As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

A new agreement is the culmination of a four-year research collaboration between Beam Therapeutics and Pfizer and provides an opportunity for milestone payments for Beam. ( iStock / Getty Images Plus) ...

Power beaming is an emerging technology that attempts to use laser light, microwaves, or radio waves to deliver power from one point to another to avoid recharging downtime. Washington-based ...

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In what CEO John Evans called Beam Therapeutics’ “big push,” the company will now prioritize in vivo delivery for its next-generation sickle cell disease therapies. (Boston Globe/Getty Images) Few ...

The bourbon giant is closing its flagship distilling operation for all of 2026. By Clay Risen Jim Beam, the country’s largest maker of bourbon, has announced a one-year pause in production at its ...

Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming power at a distance. Its Star Catcher Network technology beamed 1.1 kW of power at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida using off-the-shelf ...

Former Laney College football coach and current athletic director John Beam died Friday a day after being shot on the school's Oakland campus, police said. He was 66. Beam, a beloved Oakland football ...