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Non-Linear Physics Modeled with the Roadrunner Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are currently using the world's most advanced supercomputer to assist colleague physicists in determining the best way to go about obtaining nuclear fusion. The first machine to break the petaflop barrier is now being us...	29 October 2009 03:59 GMT

The NIF Will Create a Star in the Lab The National Ignition Facility in California is the largest laser instrument in the world, and it's scheduled to come online later this year. The beginning of scientific experiments at the laboratory will also mean that the first artificial star will be created on the planet, BBC News reports. That is to say, ex...	24 May 2009 15:01 GMT

NIF Ready to Prove Nuclear Fusion Sustainable Recreating the conditions that exist within the Sun has been a long-term desire for physicists, and it would appear that scientists in the US are very close to finally fulfilling this dream. The country's National Ignition Facility (NIF) is, according to officials, operational and ready for action. The device is...	31 March 2009 06:19 GMT

NIF Hurries to Finalize LASER Installation Scheduled to start the preliminary experiments in 2008, the technicians at the National Ignition Facility, or NIF for short, double the pace to finalize the installation of the rest of the 192 lasers as the construction completion date is only a year and a half away.Out of the 144 beamlines that are used by NIF to in...	30 November 2007 08:18 GMT

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