Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars
If it looks like the set of some Hollywood sci-fi show, perhaps that's fitting, because what they are doing here is making ...
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National Ignition Facility laser at LLNL creates world's brightest X-ray source
"At NIF, we use the high-power laser beam instead of an electron beam to make the X-rays by crashing the beam into silver atoms and creating a plasma." The choice of silver is important, explained ...
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Laser-based fusion plant planned for Biblis site
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by representatives from politics, business and science aimed at establishing a ...
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NIF wakes up
Just before 2 a.m., the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore fired all 192 of its high-power laser beams into a target chamber for the very first time. Each beamline carried a pulse of ...