Laser beam interactions with plasma are at the forefront of contemporary high-energy density physics, offering transformative potential in areas ranging from inertial confinement fusion to advanced ...

In an experiment packed with scientific firsts, researchers have demonstrated that a laser pulse can accelerate an electron beam and couple it to a second laser plasma accelerator, where another laser ...

Polymers are essential in modern food packaging thanks to their low cost, light weight, flexibility, and chemical stability. They provide a crucial barrier to protect food from moisture, oxygen, ...

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 ...

Riding the wave: electrons being accelerated by a laser pulse. (Courtesy: Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science) Accelerator physicists in five European countries are developing plans for the ...

For decades, the dream of a virtually limitless, clean energy source has hovered just out of reach, more science fiction than ...

Particle accelerators can speed up subatomic particles almost to the speed of light. The tradeoff is that this requires miles-long tunnels, so such machines are typically enormous and very expensive ...

Well, our cyberpunk-weapons-making friend Patrick Priebe has been at it again. Having previously built things like a gauss rifle, a rotary-blade-shooting crossbow and an Iron Man laser gauntlet, he ...

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 ...

A meta-analysis of RCTs supports holmium laser as safer and more effective in a few key aspects compared with the plasma technique for initial management of NMIBC. Holmium laser resection of ...

How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the mammalian brain fold? How do we feel touch at our fingertips? These and other fundamental biological questions remain unsolved. Yet, scientists know ...