Once the stuff of science fiction, Carbon Dioxide lasers are now crucial to soft-tissue surgery and next gen manufacturing.\n\nBut a laser is only as good as the glass fibre that carries it.\n\nProfessor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem is deputy director at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing at the University of Adelaide.\n\nProfessor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem from the University of Adelaide is developing a revolutionary new type of glass fibre to make the laser beams more efficient.\n\nTechNOW is a podcast about Australian innovations that are shaping the future, thanks to the Global Connections Fund.