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Monday, June 1, 2009

World's strongest Laser Burns Like the Sun

The world's strongest laser - powerful enough to create conditions as hot as inside the Sun - was unveiled Friday in the western U.S. state of California.

The stadium-sized National Ignition Facility actually houses 192 lasers that all point towards a tiny blob of hydrogen. The Laser, scientists expect, can make hydrogen fuse into helium, a chemical reaction like what makes stars burn and nuclear bombs explode. Read on here

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