POSTED BY: SUKANYA MUKHERJEE JULY 3, 2017 Stepping out of the sci-fi realm, lasers today boast a variety of real-world applications in fields as diverse as medicine, military, space exploration and even nanotechnology. To ensure better performance as well as precision, scientists around the world are continually looking for ways to enhance the power and sharpness of lasers. As…
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Australia To Have World’s Largest Single-Tower Solar Thermal Power Plant
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