Providing capabilities found nowhere else in the world as it probes the physics behind magnetic reconnection, the Facility ...

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Scientists can now snap ultra-powerful laser pulses in one shot. RAVEN reveals distortions instantly, unlocking breakthroughs ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking technique called RAVEN that can capture the full complexity of an ultra-intense ...

At the Columbia Plasma Physics Lab, researchers are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in creating clean energy: making nuclear fusion a viable power source. Unlike nuclear fission—the type ...

Plasma Physics May 5, 2025 7. 44. In extreme conditions, heat does not flow between materials—it bounces off. A new study published in Nature ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford have unveiled a pioneering method for capturing the full structure of ultra-intense ...

As the name suggests, plasma physics concerns the physical properties of plasmas. With increasing temperature, all materials are transformed successively from the solid, to liquid and then gaseous ...