Nuclear scientists using lasers the size of three football fields said Tuesday they had generated a huge amount of energy from fusion, possibly offering hope for the development of a new clean energy source.
Plasma Physics
Aug 18, 2021
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(Phys.org)—A team of physicists in Germany have succeeded in forcing a gas to become colder than absolute zero. Using lasers and a magnetic field to manipulate an ultra-cold gas, the researchers, as they describe in their ...
The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar power generators.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 4, 2020
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Scientists harnessing precise control of ultrafast lasers have accelerated electrons over a 20-centimeter stretch to speeds usually reserved for particle accelerators the size of 10 football fields.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 19, 2022
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A team of researchers working at the National Ignition Facility, part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has found that covering a cylinder containing a small amount of hydrogen fuel with a magnetic coil and firing ...
University of Central Florida researchers are making the cutting-edge field of attosecond science more accessible to researchers from all disciplines.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 21, 2020
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Scientists at the University of Rochester have taken a significant step forward in laser fusion research.
General Physics
Sep 6, 2016
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(Phys.org) —There has been a lot of talk recently about the possibility of building what has come to be known as a time crystal. In February 2012, Frank Wilczek originally proposed the idea that under certain conditions, ...
In laser facilities in the UK, Imperial physicists are testing an 84-year-old theory which was once thought impossible to prove.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 20, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if you could generate electricity using nuclear power that emitted no radioactivity: it would be the answer to the world's dream of finding a clean, sustainable energy source.
General Physics
Apr 12, 2010
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