
Fusion, Lasers, & More with NIF Laser Scientist
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The National Ignition Facility
The National Ignition Facility is a laser production center that was studying extremely high-powered x-mer lasers. In igniting plasma, it's basically a plasma that heats itself up higher and higher. When we think of ignition, we think of turning on our car. And in the comments read of our just little 10-minute update, a bunch of questions we want to bring into this much more full and fleshed out program.
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