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Giant Laser Experiment Powers Up Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili Home >> Headlines >> Physics   
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The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. The US National Ignition Facility is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, a process that could offer abundant clean energy. The lab will kick-start the reaction by focusing 192 giant laser beams on a tiny pellet of hydrogen fuel. To work, it must show that more energy can be extracted from the process than is required to initiate it. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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