News tagged with omega laser
Under pressure: Ramp-compression smashes record
In the first university-based planetary science experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), researchers have gradually compressed a diamond sample to a record pressure of 50 megabars (50 million times ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Ultra-Powerful Laser Reproduces How Star's Jets Travel through Interstellar Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-trillion-watt laser at the University of Rochester has simulated a stellar jet -- an outpouring of matter from a fledgling star -- with unprecedented realism.
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Putting the squeeze on planets outside our solar system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using high-powered lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and collaborators discovered that molten magnesium silicate undergoes a phase change in the liquid state, abruptly ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Hubble movies reveal solarsystemsized traffic jams
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to big-budget action movies, Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan prefers Hubble to Hollywood.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Hubble movies provide unprecedented view of supersonic jets from young stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have combined two decades of Hubble observations to make unprecedented movies revealing never-before-seen details of the birth pangs of new stars. This sheds new light on how stars ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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New software to support interest in extreme science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today the University of Chicago's Flash Center for Computational Science will release a major new version of supercomputer code, called FLASH 4-alpha. Based on previous software for simulating ...
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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First successful integrated experiment at National Ignition Facility announced
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently completed its first integrated ignition ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Diamond is one tough cookie
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people know that diamond is one of the hardest solids on Earth, so strong that it can easily cut through glass and steel. Surprisingly, very little is known about the strength of diamond ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics
A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ignition. Fast ignition is a laser-based technique ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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New study will contribute to better understanding of nuclear ignition
As the nation's nuclear weapons are aging (think the beginning of the Cold War), the U.S. government is turning to researchers and scientists at universities such as UC San Diego to figure out safe and reliable ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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World's largest laser gears up for ignition experiments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, was essentially completed on Feb. 26, when technicians at Lawrence Livermore National ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells
A new type of highly sensitive microscopy developed by researchers at Harvard University could greatly expand the limits of modern biomedical imaging, allowing scientists to track the location of minuscule ...
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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