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Medicine

Medical Laser Applications

Quick fact

Medical lasers can be tuned to specific colors (wavelengths) that are absorbed only by certain tissues, like targeting dark ink in tattoo removal while leaving skin unharmed.

Why this is interesting

A beam of light so precise it can reshape your cornea without a scalpel—or erase a tattoo without a scar. How can something as simple as light perform such delicate medical tasks?