Hi All, The HEDSA steering committee invites you to attend the annual High Energy Density Science Association (HEDSA) Symposium at the APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting. It will take place on Sunday, November 16th, from 6:00–8:30 PM PT in Long Beach, California.Location: Room 104C, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach,…

Hi All, The HEDSA steering committee invites you to attend the annual symposium at the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics meeting. It will take place on Sunday October 6th from 6-8:30 PM ET in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Hanover DE room. The agenda is below. We hope to see you all there, The…

A recent collaboration between Oxford University and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) has yielded groundbreaking results in the study of relativistic pair plasma jets. This experiment successfully created and observed these high-energy plasma beams, which are composed of electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. The achievement has garnered significant media attention, highlighting its potential…

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently achieved an estimated 5.2 megajoule (MJ) yield shot, a significant advancement in their efforts to achieve fusion ignition. This achievement is part of NIF’s broader progress in plasma ignition experiments, demonstrating their ongoing commitment to harnessing fusion energy. The 5.2 MJ shot marks a key milestone in the quest…

LLNL Achieves Fusion Ignition Milestone Published in Physical Review Letters: Unveiling the Groundbreaking Experiment on Fusion Ignition, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) showcases its monumental achievement in igniting fusion within a laboratory setting for the first time. Detailed in the cover article of the February 5 issue of Physical Review Letters (PRL), LLNL’s historic December…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $42 million for a program that will establish multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary hubs to advance foundational inertial fusion energy (IFE) science and technology, building on the groundbreaking work of the Department’s researchers into harnessing the power of the sun and stars. The hubs will be led…

The University of Rochester has secured nearly $18 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and prototype crucial technologies for EP-OPAL, a new facility dedicated to studying ultrahigh-intensity laser-matter interactions, potentially located at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). High-intensity lasers have diverse scientific applications, from plasma science to laser-driven nuclear…

Please save the date for the next ZNetUS Workshop to be held in San Diego, CA, at the La Jolla Shores Hotel. Registration information will be available soon. The Workshop will feature invited talks from the inaugural class of ZNetUS User Program awardees. (Call for Proposals coming on October 15!) In addition, the Workshop will…

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a Department of Energy lab, have successfully repeated a breakthrough fusion power experiment, surpassing their previous results. In the experiment, lasers targeted a tiny gold cylinder containing a deuterium-tritium fuel pellet, resulting in a nuclear fusion reaction that generated more than 3.5 megajoules of energy, an improvement over…

Colorado State University and Marvel Fusion are partnering to establish a cutting-edge laser and fusion research facility in Fort Collins, with a $150 million investment. This collaboration aims to position Fort Collins as a global hub for laser fusion research and significantly benefit Colorado. The facility, anticipated to be completed by 2026, will house powerful…