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Fusion energy: What does the recent breakthrough by scientists in California mean?

The announcement earlier this week that researchers had successfully created more energy from nuclear fusion than the laser energy used to drive it seemed significant - so what good is it, anyway? Dr Pádraig MacCárthaigh of UCC explains

Sat, 17 Dec, 2022

Tuesday’s TV tips

Your guide to what's good on TV tonight.

Tue, 04 Nov, 2014

US lab unveils world's strongest laser

The world’s most powerful laser, created to help keep tabs on the US nuclear weapons stockpile while also studying the heavens, was unveiled in California.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2009

US laser capable of simulating sun’s energy force

AFTER more than a decade of work and $3.5 billion (e2.64bn), engineers have completed the world’s most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2009