Fermilab has announced that it has completed construction of a laser laboratory required to house its advanced laser systems.

Experiments with the world’s biggest laser have given scientists fresh insights into the largest planets in our solar system. A study of hydrogen at extreme temperatures and pressures has enabled ...

For nearly 50 years, physicists have dreamed of the secrets they could unlock by raising the energy state of an atom's nucleus using a laser. The achievement would allow today's atomic clocks to be ...

A laser ranging experiment in operation since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969 is set to get a 21st century upgrade when NASA returns to the lunar surface. The Lunar Laser Ranging experiment saw ...

Radiative shocks are a class of shock waves in which the transport and deposition of radiation play a central role in modulating the shock’s structure and dynamics. These phenomena are not only ...

The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch has learned. In recent attempts, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

Researchers set a record by guiding light in 45-meter-long air wave-guides. It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But ...

The experiment focuses 192 high-power laser beams to a tiny target A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show. The controlled fusion of ...

The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. The US National Ignition Facility is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of ...

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