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To create fusion ignition, NIF’s laser energy is converted into X-rays inside the hohlraum, which then compress a fuel capsule until it implodes, creating a high temperature, high pressure plasma. Image credit: National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Physicists Achieve Key Milestone in Nuclear Fusion Energy

Dec 13, 2022 by News Staff

Physicists with the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting...

European physicists say they have discovered how to create matter from light. Image credit: SLAC Information Management and Portal Solutions.

Physicists Find Way to Convert Light into Matter

May 19, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of scientists headed by Prof Steve Rose from Imperial College in London, UK, has discovered how to create matter from light. European...