The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has secured $5 million to advance short-pulsed laser research tied to national defense.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Federal Government wants scientists at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics to change the world, and it’s giving researchers millions of dollars to try ...

On Friday, May 19, 2023, Impossible Sensing, along with a team of scientists and engineers from SETI Institute, NASA JPL, University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and other institutions ...

University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics is working on it.Like the space race of the 1960s, nations are trying to solve the problem of generating energy without continuing to endanger ...

Artificial rainmaking is an imprecise, environmentally hazardous process, but it could be made a little more eco-friendly with the addition of lasers. [partner id ...

I love the bit in Bond films where 007 goes round Qs laboratory checking out the latest top-secret gadgets. Thats why I enjoyed talking to Capt.Wegner and his colleagues at ScorpWorks, source of a ...

Dr. Gilliss Dyer surveys the target bay of the Texas Petawatt Laser, in preparation for an experiment. Researchers from universities around the world utilize the unique timescale of the Petawatt for ...

To create X-rays -- short wave radiation -- scientists have started out with very long wavelengths -- infrared laser. Long wavelength laser pulses rip atoms out of metal and accelerate them, which ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Deep beneath the surface in a quiet corner of the basement of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building of the University of Texas at Austin, lasers blast electronics with simulated ...

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (QCL) device. Credits: Qing Hu and colleagues A new type of high-power quantum cascade laser that works without bulky ...

The observatory atop Witmer Hall is one half of the project. The other half, a laser lab, resides in the basement.