Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved a significant milestone in laser-plasma ...

Laser-plasma electron acceleration harnesses the intense fields generated when an ultra-short, high-intensity laser pulse interacts with a plasma. The rapid displacement of plasma electrons by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to making groundbreaking discoveries in particle physics, scientists rely on large particle accelerators to conduct ...

A new pocket-sized particle accelerator has proven capable of projecting ultra-short electron beams with laser light at more than 99.99% of the speed of light. Researchers, led by Lancaster and ...

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have completed a major expansion of one of the world’s most powerful laser systems, creating new opportunities in accelerator ...

Researchers have demonstrated a compact particle accelerator less than 20 meters long that produces an electron beam with an energy of 10 billion electron volts (10 GeV). There are only two other ...

Laser plasma acceleration is a potentially disruptive technology: It could be used to build far more compact accelerators and open up new use cases in fundamental research, industry and health.

MENLO PARK, Calif. (KGO) -- A new era of science is kicking off right here in the Bay Area thanks to the world's most powerful X-ray laser. The brilliant minds working from Menlo Park's SLAC National ...

Bringing protons up to speed with strong laser pulses -- this still young concept promises many advantages over conventional accelerators. For instance, it seems possible to build much more compact ...

Laser-driven ion acceleration is considered to be a route to develop a compact and efficient plasma-based accelerator, applicable to such diverse fields as cancer therapy, nuclear fusion, and high ...

Bjorn “Manuel” Hegelich led the development of a compact laser accelerator that produces an electron beam with an energy of 10 billion electron volts. This gas cell is a key component of a compact ...