Laser Lab scientist honored for fusion and plasma research
Dustin Froula received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the most respected awards given by the US Department of Energy, for his research.
University expands access to OMEGA EP laser with Energy Department’s LaserNetUS initiative
The Department of Energy funding, distributed to the Laser Lab and other LaserNetUS institutions, will provide beamtime for researchers across the globe to conduct laser experiments using network facilities.
Rochester scientist David Turnbull receives fusion award
Nonprofit research and educational foundation highlights “demonstrated leadership in applying results to laser facilities.”
Rochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures
The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’
Laser scientists receive international award for ‘shock ignition’
Laboratory for Laser Energetics pioneers Ricardo Betti and Wolfgang Theobald honored by American and European Physical Societies.
As labs reopen, Rochester researchers adapt to COVID-19 precautions in innovative ways
Time sharing, staggered shifts, and reconfigured spaces are among the adaptations in place as research resumes at Rochester.
Laser Lab accepted into American Physical Society’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has joined the American Physical Society’s IDEA initiative, a new program to increase workforce diversity in physics departments and laboratories.
Research provides new insights into the evolution of stars
The High-Energy-Density Physics Theory Group at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics studied how matter under high-pressure conditions might emit or absorb radiation.
Two LLE scientists awarded DOE funding for fusion research
Two awards from the Department of Energy will help Rochester scientists work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy.
New laser technique will allow more powerful—and smaller—particle accelerators
Researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics have outlined a method to shape intense laser light in ways that could lead to tabletop experiments to probe the Higgs boson and explore the existence of extra dimensions.