Tag: "laser"
New Laser Could Create Atomic "Movies"
The world's first X-ray laser could help scientists develop new energy sources and pharmaceuticals.
Post on Aug 17, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
Welcome to the Year of the Laser
Perhaps no single development of the last century has been more influential or more important than the laser.
Post on Jan 26, 2010 by Christopher Smallwood
Producer's Notes: Maya Skies
Go behind the scenes of Tales of Maya Skies, the new film produced by Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center. The half-hour film about Maya astronomy opens at the center's planetarium on November 21.
Post on Oct 13, 2009 by Gabriela Quirós
The National Ignition Facility: An Energetic Defense
For all of the laser's exciting aspirations and promise of new technology, the press' reaction to NIF throughout the twelve years of its construction has been often lukewarm, and at worst scornful.
Post on Jun 01, 2009 by Christopher Smallwood
Science Event Picks: NIF-ty Laser Talks Coming to Local Science Cafés
In celebration of the operational launch of the world's most powerful laser at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, engineers & scientists from the facility are presenting a series of talks and discussions geared for the general public.
Post on Apr 08, 2009 by Kishore Hari
Producer's Notes - Super Laser at the National Ignition Facility
Inside the National Ignition Facility. Lawrence Livermore National Lab is building the world's largest laser. Actually, the National Ignition Facility won't have only one laser beam. It will use 192 world-class lasers, all firing simultaneously. In a few billionths of a second about 500 trillion watts, which is nearly 1000 times the power generated in [...]
Post on Apr 15, 2008 by Chris Bauer
Super Laser
It's one of the most expensive high-tech projects the United States has ever attempted, and some say it will never work. QUEST visits the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, where scientists will soon aim the world's largest laser at a target the size of a pencil eraser. The goal? Nuclear fusion — and, they say, [...]
Post on Jan 10, 2008 by Amy Standen
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