The Wolverines may have concocted the "most intense" laser in the universe back in '08, but it's a group of grinners at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California that can now lay claim ...

On 29 January 1996, the French President, Jacques Chirac, announced the end of French nuclear tests. On 23 October 2014, the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, opened the Laser Megajoule (LMJ) ...

The folks at the national Ignition Facility decided to demonstrate fusion by focusing the energy of 192 super powerful lasers onto a tiny target. They certainly proved their concept by producing a one ...

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully delivered an historic level of laser energy -- more than 1 megajoule -- to a target in a few ...

The interior of the NIF target chamber. The service module carrying technicians can be seen on the left. The target positioner, which holds the target, is on the right. [Photo: NIF] On March 15, ...

The global leaders for ultra-powerful lasers are French and the technology is much in demand abroad, with many applications such as nuclear simulation, medical treatment, redirecting thunderstorms and ...

A 2.03-megajoule laser blast has been achieved at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The achievement makes the NIF’s ultraviolet laser the most powerful of its ...

You might already know a little bit about what the National Ignition Facility has been up to lately, or what they could possibly achieve. But last week, even the scientists at the Livermore, ...