1.   The laser beam is fired across the eye and alters the shape of the cornea.

2.   One series aimed at perfecting a new generation of bombs that fired deadly beams.

3.   Researchers embed the target flake in a one-inch block of resin and fire a beam of charged atoms, or ions, at the block.

4.   The kids loved the idea of playing with a movie, but seemed to have some difficulty calibrating the electronic gun that fires infrared beams at the TV screen.

5.   They fired laser beams of different wavelengths at the material from a variety of angles and measured how much light was reflected.

6.   They used a powerful cyclotron to fire a beam of protons through the map.

7.   To study the specks of carbon, the group used a high-resolution ion microprobe, which fires a beam of atomic nuclei at the sample.

8.   Gregory uses the laser to fire a beam of light along a stream of liquid that flows through the catheter to the clot.

9.   The LHC would fire two beams of protons -- one in each direction -- around the tunnel at near the speed of light.