In a landmark project for the UK science sector, Mace Construct has been appointed to deliver a new facility to house a 20 ...

The big picture: With its first 2-petawatt experiment successfully completed, ZEUS is poised to push the boundaries of high-field science, providing researchers with a powerful new tool for discovery ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed the nation’s most powerful laser. The latest design has nearly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the ...

A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do. Known as ZEUS—short for Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort laser pulse ...

Lasers are a really cool technology. They are used in many different things ranging from optical data storage (CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray, etc) to military grade weapons to medical devices, and perhaps most ...

A new weapon dubbed ‘the most powerful laser air defence system in the world’ is expected to be unveiled in China tomorrow. Lasers are set to be at the forefront of a hi-tech military parade to mark ...

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have demonstrated the full capabilities of their large-scale laser facility. The team reports generating a combination of ultrashort laser ...