NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for follow-on effort to provide engineering and technical support for continuing the technology development of a fiber optic coupled laser ignition ...

The field of nuclear fusion has seen some exciting advances of late, with scientists demonstrating how fuels can be heated to the temperatures needed for the necessary reactions to take place. All are ...

Scientists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time successfully produced more energy from a nuclear fusion reaction than the laser power needed to ...

A team of researchers working at the National Ignition Facility, part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has found that covering a cylinder containing a small amount of hydrogen fuel with a ...

This month the media was abuzz with the announcement that the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) had accomplished a significant breakthrough in the quest to achieve commercial nuclear fusion.

Images from space reveal an enormous X-shaped building rising up from rocky terrain in southwestern China. This is a huge ...

The Department of Energy today unveiled the world’s largest laser facility at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are taking the wraps ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Department of Energy today announced that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has certified the completion of the historic effort to build the world's largest ...

Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific ...