ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Federal Government wants scientists at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics to change the world, and it’s giving researchers millions of dollars to try ...

The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has secured $5 million to advance short-pulsed laser research tied to national defense.

On Friday, May 19, 2023, Impossible Sensing, along with a team of scientists and engineers from SETI Institute, NASA JPL, University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and other institutions ...

Artificial rainmaking is an imprecise, environmentally hazardous process, but it could be made a little more eco-friendly with the addition of lasers. [partner id ...

I love the bit in Bond films where 007 goes round Qs laboratory checking out the latest top-secret gadgets. Thats why I enjoyed talking to Capt.Wegner and his colleagues at ScorpWorks, source of a ...

Dr. Gilliss Dyer surveys the target bay of the Texas Petawatt Laser, in preparation for an experiment. Researchers from universities around the world utilize the unique timescale of the Petawatt for ...

View from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive inertial fusion experiment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, which is leading a new multi-institutional inertial fusion energy hub ...

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A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (QCL) device. Credits: Qing Hu and colleagues A new type of high-power quantum cascade laser that works without bulky ...

Beam me up Interaction Point 2 at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator will be used to study plasma physics, research cancer therapies and for quantum science. (Courtesy: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) A ...