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FIGURE 1. Tamás Biró and Norbert Kroó in the Hidra laser lab at WIGNER CRP; the vacuum chamber in the foreground is used for the target.
April 23, 2025
The effect of nanoplasmonics on laser-driven fusion may turn out to be quite similar to catalysis in chemistry—because it appears remarkably similar so far—but more work is needed...

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Scientists experimentally show electrons form vortices, tornado-like structures, within momentum space—and it’s a milestone for quantum materials research.

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