S&TR | January/February 2014

The Laboratory in the News

Making Possible the Century of Photonics

Commentary by Jeff Wisoff

Lighting a New Era of Scientific Discovery

Lawrence Livermore and European scientists and engineers are collaborating on an extraordinarily powerful laser that will pulse 10 times faster than present advanced lasers.

In Metals, Not All Twins Are Identical

Unexpected experimental results open a door to understanding and even customizing high-strength, high-conductivity metals.

Betatron X Rays Bring Focus to a Very Small, Very Fast World

A compact system eases use of x rays for radiography, materials research, nondestructive characterization, and more.

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