- Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say.
- The approach would increase efficiency of engines, and reduce their pollution, by igniting more of the mixture.
- The team has been developing a new approach to the problem: lasers made of ceramic powders that are pressed into spark-plug sized cylinders.
The above are extracted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13160950
