News and events

Latest updates from the Central Laser Facility​​​​.

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20 Dec 2022

MicroTarget Physicist Accepted into Foundation Future Leaders Programme

19 Dec 2022

Unravelling the mysteries of hybrid perovskites

16 Dec 2022

2023 CLF User Impact Awards (NOW CLOSED)

13 Dec 2022

UK Contributes to a Leap Towards Fusion Energy

11 Dec 2022

2023 High Power Laser User Christmas Meeting

11 Nov 2022

Unpicking the energy transfer processes in miniature laser-plasma accelerators

10 Nov 2022

Meet the 2022-23 CLF Placement Students

03 Nov 2022

CALTA Scientists Visit ISTEC as Part of a Project to Develop Transparent YAG-based Ceramics for DiPOLE Lasers

02 Nov 2022

Congratulations to Professor Gianluca Gregori

27 Oct 2022

The CLF aims to make Laser Shock Peening more accessible to industry

25 Oct 2022

Target Fabrication Workshop 2022 Summary: Thank you to all who attended

21 Oct 2022

Studying fluorescent cells to improve lung-cancer treatment

19 Oct 2022

eBIC and Octopus Research on an Intriguing Bacteria Published in Nature Communications

07 Oct 2022

First external user on Artemis 100 kHz beamline

06 Oct 2022

Cover of ACS Chemical Biology’s supplementary September issue featured Ultra research into light-activated proteins

04 Oct 2022

Laser Shock Peening – Can it improve Tokamak Reactor Lifetime by enhancing Tungsten Divertors?

29 Sep 2022

EuPRAXIA Collaboration takes us one step closer to ultra-compact particle accelerators

22 Sep 2022

Register Here for the 2022 High Power Laser Christmas Meeting!

22 Sep 2022

Vulcan searches for maximum X-ray production from metal foils

24 Aug 2022

Ultra Utilised to Improve our Understanding of Catalysts

18 Aug 2022

Scientists mimic an inkjet printer by levitating droplets with lasers

16 Aug 2022

Target Fabrication Workshop 26-28th Sept 2022

16 Aug 2022

Ultra follows the journey of protons in proton conducting electrolytes

09 Aug 2022

D100-X reaches 70 J, 1 Hz milestone during commissioning at XFEL

25 Jul 2022

EPAC Building Completion Ceremony

15 Jul 2022

CLF Scientists collaborate in environmental study: ‘Real’ atmospheric samples covering pollution particles analysed using neutrons for the first time

12 Jul 2022

Interaction between growth signal receptors in muscle provides clue to muscle degenerative disease mechanism

09 Jul 2022

Octopus Scientist Receives Funding from Laserlab Europe’s Scientific and Technological Exchange

08 Jul 2022

Combining state of the art with traditional microscopy at Octopus reveals new insights into protein function regulation

15 Jun 2022

£3.2m in Funding Announced for UK XFEL Research and Development