Anonymous Coward User ID: 8437259 United States 03/23/2012 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | World's Most Powerful Laser Fired By American Scientists In Pursuit Of Fusion Ignition What the heck is this monster? LIVERMORE, Calif. -- The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's most energetic laser, surpassed a critical milestone in its efforts to meet one of modern science's greatest challenges: achieving fusion ignition and energy gain in a laboratory setting. NIF's 192 lasers fired in perfect unison, delivering a record 1.875 million joules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to the facility's target chamber center. [ link to www.llnl.gov (secure)] |