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Personal laser pointers, small beam projectors used for everything from professors during college lecture presentations to motivating your cat to exercise at home, can cause serious damage to a pilot's eyesight.

A member of the U.S. Air Force at the Malmstorm Air Force Base in Great FallsA member of the U.S. Air Force at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls today

The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorneys Office, District of Montana:

He faces a mandatory minimum of five years to 20 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and not less than five years to a lifetime of supervised release.

GREAT FALLS  -- A member of the U.S. Air Force at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls today admitted to allegations that he obtained and sold

An airman assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base appeared in federal court in Great Falls on Oct. 10 and plead admitted to allegations that he obtained and sold images of child sexual abuse material using social media, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Brandon Earl Bankston, 23, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to sell…

Defects can make a material stronger or make it fail catastrophically. Knowing how fast they travel can help researchers understand things like earthquake ruptures, structural failures, and precision manufacturing. Settling a half century of debate, researchers have discovered that tiny linear de

Researchers have discovered that linear defects can propagate through a material faster than sound waves do. This gives scientists a new appreciation of the damage they might do to a broad range of materials in extreme conditions

Carbon capture technologies have been advancing steadily, but the challenge of finding effective uses for captured carbon remains.

Scientists have spent decades contemplating and working on neurotechnologies and nanoelectronics to ‘enhance’ animal or human brains and bodies using electronic devices. But until very recently, such ideas have remained the stuff of science fiction (and mostly dystopian science fiction at that).