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Technical research is focusing on developmentof an array of potential systems including lasers,satellite "eyes," infrared detectors, and a"neutral particle beam weapon" which fires streamsof hydrogen atoms through space, he said...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: `Star Wars' Termed Possible in 1990s | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...prowl the rooftops as DD) became a real character, a pathological vigilante with a conscience. Miller was questioning the superhero, the great convention of the comic book form: the citizen, gifted by fate, who selflessly puts on longjohns to fight evil. At least the villains use their laser-beam eyes for material gain--what do the heroes...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: A Bat Out of Hell | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...from target, with the plane at an attack altitude of less than 500 ft. and streaking along at 600 m.p.h., the whizzo sees an infrared image of his quarry on his screen and directs a pencil-thin laser beam toward it. This step, called target designation, or painting, supplies the plane's computer with the exact range to the target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lethal Video Game | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Richard Black, area coordinator for ultra-conservative former Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, joined the panelists. He said the United States should invest $40 billion in laser beam technology...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Eighth District Hopefuls Lively But Not Dapper | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

Last year the Davis team persuaded Yale University, which owns the controversial Vinland map, to fly it to Davis, where it was subjected to the proton beam. The map, supposedly dating to around 1440, created a sensation when it was revealed in 1965 because it showed part of North America, labeled VINLANDA INSULA. It seemed to be the first cartographic evidence that Europeans had visited the continent before the time of Columbus. In 1974, however, some particles of ink from the map were found to be titanium-based. This meant, experts said, that the ink was of 20th century vintage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beaming in on the Past | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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