The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) seems to be working on bringing a staple of science fiction weaponry — the force field — into reality. Unfortunately, when the AFRL talks about force fields, it doesn ...

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"...a personal field ... as portrayed in many science fiction movies and comic books, that is invisible to the naked eye—that will take some doing." Reading time 5 ...

Force fields may one day protect people working at a lunar base from harmful space radiation – but the scheme will require a lot more research if science fiction is to turn into fact. With funding ...

Interplanetary adventurers must contend with deadly solar radiation – but the moon’s magnetic memories may hold the key to safe space flight BORED on their six-month journey to Mars? Not a bit of it.