News and events

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

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01 Apr 2020

CLF Technicians Support Rapid Ventilator Production

23 Mar 2020

D100X Milestone Completed: Packed and Shipped to the European XFEL

19 Mar 2020

Congratulations to Professor Simon Hooker for Winning an IOP Award!

13 Feb 2020

Science Minister Chris Skidmore and Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland Host EPAC Ground Breaking Ceremony

07 Jan 2020

Target Fabricators Donna Wyatt and Ian East have won an IOP Technician Award!

07 Jan 2020

Head of Octopus Marisa Martin-Fernandez Wins TechWomen100 Award!

29 Dec 2019

OxSyBio collaboration

16 Nov 2019

Christmas meeting of the High Power Laser User Community

07 Nov 2019

On the Cover of HPL: Bremsstrahlung Emission from High Power Laser Interactions with Constrained Targets for Industrial Radiography

07 Nov 2019

On the Cover of HPL: Bremsstrahlung Emission from High Power Laser Interactions with Constrained Targets for Industrial Radiography

31 Oct 2019

How to beat a mind-controlling parasite

04 Sep 2019

Previously Unknown Sugar modification of proteins Discovered by BOKU and the CLF’s Octopus Laser Could Lead to Hardier Crop

04 Sep 2019

Novel 3D cell structures that mimic living tissue to be studied using Octopus Laser Facility

16 Aug 2019

CLF’s DiPOLE lab identifies acoustic signature of laser shock peening for qualitative evaluation of residual stresses

09 Aug 2019

UK India laser technology programme to benefit both countries economies

10 Jul 2019

Rest in peace to Prof. Chris Hawes, a friend of the CLF for many years

27 Jun 2019

International Laser Operations Workshop 2019: Day 3 hosted by the CLF

12 Jun 2019

Science Case Update for a UK Free Electron Laser

12 Jun 2019

New Probing Beamline to be added to Vulcan Target Area Petawatt

12 Jun 2019

Science Case Update for a UK Free Electron Laser

11 Jun 2019

Lasers for Science Facility & Artemis User Meeting 2019

06 Jun 2019

CLF scientist Paul Donaldson has been awarded a UKRI Fellowship: Molecular stopwatch measurements of dynamics in catalysts, battery electrolytes and ionic liquids in situ.

05 Jun 2019

A potential new method for future blood sample analysis developed at the CLF

31 May 2019

South African and British researchers utilise label-free imaging as an effective tool to measure mitochondrial metabolism

29 May 2019

Sellafield   collaboration

29 May 2019

Innovation Fellowship in partnership with MTC, WMG and JM  

28 May 2019

CLF spinout Scitech Precision Limited contributes bespoke silicon targets

21 May 2019

New study on anti-cancer drug treatment could greatly lessen negative side effects on patients

09 May 2019

That was fast – making movies of picosecond laser plasma dynamics

03 May 2019

Scientists tackle the great unpredictability of turbulence using Vulcan Laser