The appearance and operation of a sci-fi ray gun (or laser gun, plasma gun, blaster, phaser…) became so standardised and widely understood that it’s easy to forget that their behaviour is ...

Every summer, movie buffs can usually count on a sci-fi fantasy action sequence with ... relatively protected from side-effects. So, a laser-gun hooked up to a nuclear backpack - like in ...

In this weekly series, Life's Little Mysteries explores the plausibility of popular science fiction concepts. What would science fiction be without laser beams? From handheld ray guns to spaceship ...

It may sound like sci-fi, but lasers are definitely the future ... The Navy Wants to Kill Drones With This Ginormous Laser Gun The real advanatge of a laser weapon system isn’t style though ...

Exterior design of the ZKZM-500 laser gun The report goes on to say that the laser is powered by lithium ion batteries that allow it to discharge 1,000 two-second shots on a single charge ...

From Star Wars: Battlefront and Destiny to Doom and Wolfenstein, everyone loves a good laser rifle (at least, in videogames). But according to Gizmodo, China loves laser guns the most: it's only ...

The appearance and operation of a sci-fi ray gun (or laser gun, plasma gun, blaster, phaser…) became so standardised and widely understood that it’s easy to forget that their behaviour is ...