Translational research: Researchers have performed the first controlled irradiation of tumours in mice using laser-accelerated protons. (Courtesy: HZDR/Juniks) Laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) propel ...

Scientists have directly demonstrated for the first time how laser beams modify the conditions of a plasma, addressing one of the challenges in the longstanding quest to achieve fusion. New research ...

How it works: electrons accelerated by a laser pulse (left) are used to drive the second-stage particle accelerator (right). (Courtesy: Thomas Heinemann/Strathclyde and Alberto Martinez de la ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2022.220003 considers terahertz generation from laser-induced plasma. Terahertz wave, known as T-ray, is sandwiched between the ...

British startup Tokamak Energy is testing a new type of laser that it says is “crucial” to stabilising fusion reactions — the same atom-fusing process that powers the Sun and promises to deliver ...

It probably won’t surprise you to know that the US military is very interested in using lasers as weapons. Directed energy weapons such as lasers have many advantages over more traditional kinetic ...

The Department of Defense is constantly researching new forms of weaponry, both lethal and otherwise. Todd South learned more at the Pentagon. David Law and his fellow scientists at the Joint ...