High-powered laser pens can do a lot more harm than just distracting an opposing player, like cause permanent blindness, and the fear is that the trend that's taken hold amongst European soccer fans ...
SAN ANTONIO – Aiming lasers at an aircraft can be dangerous for pilots and people on the ground. Recently, a Schertz man pleaded guilty in federal court to pointing a laser at a San Antonio police ...
Carolyn Trietsch recently defended her Ph.D. in entomology at Penn State. You can view her website or follow her on Twitter @carolyntrietsch. Laser pointers are perhaps the most abused visual aids in ...
A 9-year-old boy in Greece was left with damaged vision after staring into a laser pointer. His doctors describe the case in a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The boy's parents ...
Pilots told authorities they were blinded by laser pointers over the Labor Day weekend in Cleveland. WKYC reports that the FBI and local authorities are investigating five separate incidents from Sept ...
It's not easy making green. For years, scientists have fabricated small, high-quality lasers that generate red and blue light. However, the method they typically employ—injecting electric current into ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The FBI is hunting for suspects in the Long Island area they say have been pointing laser pointers at planes landing at JFK Airport. Federal officials say there has been a ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Commercial airliners, private planes, medical and law enforcement helicopters have all been targeted and hit with lasers amid an increase of strikes while flying near Palm ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13's SkyEye helicopter crew's safety was put at risk on Thursday morning when someone pointed a laser at them. We're the only Houston television station with dedicated ...
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police are trying to find the person responsible for pointing a laser at a news helicopter Wednesday night. SMPD Lt. Jay Trisler said around 11:15 p.m. a pilot of ...
A 9-year-old boy in Greece permanently injured his left eye when he repeatedly gazed into a laser pointer's green beam, doctors say. Examination revealed a large hole in the macula, a small area in ...
A 9-year-old boy in Greece permanently injured his left eye when he repeatedly gazed into a laser pointer’s green beam, doctors say. Examination revealed a large hole in the macula, a small area in ...