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04 Jul 2025

Advanced IR spectroscopy technique breaks new ground in the study of zeolites, a key mineral with crucial applications

20 Jun 2025

Tackling Global Issue of Contaminated Medicinal Syrups using Advanced Laser Spectroscopy

04 Jun 2025

Uncovering the location, role and regulation of motor proteins in the worm

21 May 2025

UK laser creates conditions to form liquid carbon for the first time

15 May 2025

UK’s laser facility achieves first light with £17 million project

31 Mar 2025

Groundbreaking Advance in Targeted Cancer Therapy: Near-Infrared Light Halts Cancer Cell Growth Without Harming Healthy Tissue

24 Mar 2025

Upcoming X-lites Early Career Opportunity at the 2025 ELI User Meeting

11 Mar 2025

New X-ray experiment could solve major physics puzzle

04 Mar 2025

UK Catalysis Hub III launches with £12.5m EPSRC investment

21 Feb 2025

New Methods Identify Preservation Fluids Without Opening Artefacts

12 Feb 2025

Just add water: Innovative target design leads to surprising discovery in laser-plasma acceleration

07 Feb 2025

CLF Using Artificial Intelligence to Uncover the Secrets of Quantum Materials

22 Jan 2025

Seeing the invisible: Unlocking the secrets of sealed letters

14 Jan 2025

Small changes in structure can lead to big differences in chemistry: Understanding how we can enhance cancer treatment using lasers

09 Jan 2025

Vulcan and Target Fabrication Receive HPLSE “Excellent Article” Awards

12 Dec 2024

Calls for Access to Octopus and Ultra Facilities at the CLF

11 Dec 2024

Airbourne Pollutants from Cooking May Last Longer in the Atmosphere

14 Nov 2024

Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (RIANA) – open calls all year round

07 Oct 2024

CLF Scientist Announced as Royal Society Award Winner

30 Sep 2024

Meet the 2024-25 CLF Industrial Placement Students

23 Aug 2024

A Breakthrough in Plasma Physics: Electron-Positron Pair Plasmas Generated in the Lab for the First Time

20 Aug 2024

The bee’s knees: SORS used in quest to find fake honey

18 Aug 2024

Joint Target Fabrication Workshop 9 and TARG 6

16 Aug 2024

Research into Oil-Fabric Interfaces using Optical Tweezers Illuminates the Science behind Fabric Care

16 Jul 2024

Advancing towards EPAC – progress update June 2024

10 Jul 2024

Waiting in the Wings: Using Lasers to Reveal How Butterflies Get Their Bright Colours

23 May 2024

Network on Extreme Intensity Laser Systems (NEILS) Meeting 2024

20 May 2024

CLF Target Fabrication Group and spin out company Scitech Precision Limited Provide Fully Automated Assembly of Micro-Targets for Laser Experiments

10 May 2024

Roaming Reactants: Artemis Uncovers the Lesser-Known Pathway of Chemical Processes

02 Apr 2024

CLF Outreach 2023