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Science & Technology
August 27, 2019 | 04:57 pm

A ‘new chapter’ in quest for novel quantum materials

Aluminum stops being a metal. Metals turns transparent. Remarkable things happen to materials placed under remarkable conditions, and Rochester scientists are at the forefront of the quest to understand why.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Materials Science Program, planets, quantum science, Rip Collins,
Science & Technology
August 23, 2019 | 03:09 pm

Laser lab ‘truly inspiring’ to federal government visitors

National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty said the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics plays a crucial role in advancing research vital to maintaining the safety of America’s nuclear security enterprise.

topics: featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, New York congressional delegation,
University News
July 8, 2019 | 04:02 pm

David Williams steps down as AS&E dean for research

Dean for research in Arts, Sciences & Engineering since 2011, Williams stepped down on July 1 to return full time to his research.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Center for Visual Science, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research,
Science & Technology
May 15, 2019 | 02:35 pm

‘Exotic’ form of ice both solid and liquid

Using lasers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, researchers have created a superionic water ice, identifying and recording the ice’s atomic structure for the first time and changing our understanding of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, planets, research finding, Ryan Rygg,
Science & Technology
March 7, 2019 | 07:47 am

Researchers turn liquid metal into a plasma

For the first time, researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have found a way to turn a liquid metal into a plasma and to observe the temperature where a liquid under high-density conditions crosses over to a plasma state.

topics: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Mohamed Zaghoo, nuclear fusion, planets, research finding,
Science & Technology
January 31, 2019 | 01:00 pm

With data science, Rochester’s laser lab moves closer to controlled nuclear fusion

One of the biggest challenges to controlled nuclear fusion has been the lack of accurate models to predict increased fusion energy yields. Now a Rochester team of more than 50 scientists has used “big data” to triple fusion yields.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, nuclear fusion, research finding,
Science & Technology
January 25, 2019 | 11:27 am

Local teens recognized for Laser Lab research

Two high school seniors have been designated as Scholars in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search for research they carried out last summer at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: awards, community, high school students, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Regeneron Science Talent Search,
Science & Technology
December 28, 2018 | 09:14 am

The year of the laser

In addition to their Nobel noteworthiness, Rochester researchers continue to develop new ways to apply lasers in research, medicine, and everyday life in 2018. Because frankly, we’re big on lasers.

topics: Chunlei Guo, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dustin Froula, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ignacio Franco, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, lasers, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, URnano,
In Photos
December 8, 2018 | 08:38 am

In the lab where it happened: Nobel science in pictures

Today’s Rochester researchers are taking science developed at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics to develop the next generation high-power lasers and to better understand the fundamentals of high-energy-density physics. 

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nobel Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,