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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Laser technology can be fun for a number of reasons, whether its to aid presentations, create light shows at big concerts, or provide some entertainment for your cat. There are other types of laser ...

Being an airline pilot is a job of tremendous pressure. It goes without saying, then, that expertise and absolute concentration are paramount. So much so, in fact, that the Federal Aviation ...

Even a laser beam to the face can’t stop Tom Brady. But pointing a laser at him could lead to criminal charges and a permanent ban from an NFL stadium. It could also lead the NFL to rethink stadium ...

Mohamed Salah and Egypt, dogged by a talented Senegal team and passionate fans wielding laser pointers for 120 minutes, lost a penalty shootout Tuesday and failed to qualify for the 2022 men's World ...

Laser pointers may jazz up your PowerPoint presentation, but they can pose serious hazards to your eyes if you use them the wrong way. Case in point: A boy in Greece burned a hole in his retina after ...