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Israel is spending more than $500 million to ramp up production of Iron Beam, a futuristic laser meant to shield the country from mortars, rockets and drones. Why it matters: The funds vouch for ...

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Researchers have built a deep-ultraviolet microscope to study hard-to-analyze materials like diamond, offering a new way to probe their electronic and thermal properties at the nanoscale. This ...

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These new results are encouraging for the indirect-drive approach to laser fusion, and especially so for predictive capability for the design of future ignition experiments. Ensuring that a beam ...