The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has created the brightest X-ray source to date, by directing the laser of the National Ignition Facility (NIF ... dentist's X-ray machine creates an ...
China is building a large-scale laser-ignited nuclear fusion research facility in Mianyang to enhance both nuclear weapons ...
Recent satellite imagery shows a huge centre for laser nuclear fusion in the Mianyana mountains, in southwestern China. The ...
The first step towards the goal of nuclear fusion triggered by laser beams has been taken with the construction and test firing of the National Ignition Facility in the United States. In the small ...
Indeed, the same super-lasers used in fusion research at the National Ignition Facility (NIF ... by bombarding a metal target with an electron beam. The electrons interact with the electrons ...
Target chamber at the National Ignition Facility of LLNL in 2008 ... which is a specially shaped hollow object that, when the laser beams enter the cavity (not hitting the fuel pellet) causes ...
The US has long been a leader. The National Ignition Facility in California, which also uses laser-ignition technology, made a huge fusion energy breakthrough in 2022. In a world first ...
Nature Photonics spoke to Edward Moses of the National Ignition Facility to find out more ... can be set in motion by high-energy laser beams that are fired onto the fuel target or target capsule ...