Comic book fans have long dreamed of emitting a powerful beam from their eyes like superhero Cyclops of the X-Men.
Now that dream could one day become a reality after scientists this week announced they have created the world’s first ‘living laser’, a biological cell which is engineered to produce a laser beam.
A pioneering team used a cell from a human kidney which had been genetically engineered to produce light in the same way as a jellyfish and flooded it with blue light.
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