Tag: NATIONALIGNITIONFACILITY

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The National Ignition Facility, home to the world's biggest laser, gets the Big Picture treatment. [From: The Big Picture, via: Engadget] Jeremy Messersmith's endearing version of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy captures Cloud City, Rancors and epic battles with lo-fi paper ...

Last May, scientists completed the construction of the National Ignition Facility, a massive undertaking that includes the largest laser in the world. Even though the last year harbored significant doubts about the future of the project, researchers remain optimistic that they'll eventually use it to successfully solve the energy crisis. CNN recently enjoyed a tour of the laser facility at ...

Watch out, Alderaan; the world's largest laser is finally complete. Created to blast tiny hydrogen atoms into a self-sustaining fusion reaction, the giant laser system -- located in Livermore, California -- is known as the National Ignition Facility (NIF). According to the Daily Mail, the system is comprised of 192 laser beams and is 60 times more powerful than the next most powerful laser. It'll ...