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​News stories from the Central Laser Facility​​​​.

29 Apr 2026

Peter Norreys awarded Holweck Prize 2025

28 Apr 2026

Robin Timmis wins Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group 2026

24 Apr 2026

User consultation on the impact of potential STFC budget reductions affecting CLF’s operational programme

23 Apr 2026

Meetings with user community provide useful feedback for EPAC and Vulcan 20-20

22 Apr 2026

Scientists Unlock New Route to Extreme Light Intensification

09 Apr 2026

UK laser company launches to target global high-growth industries

08 Apr 2026

Thank you for attending the 2026 LSF User Meeting

07 Apr 2026

Impact Report finds CLF has generated significant socio-economic impacts

06 Apr 2026

Eva Los wins Malcolm Haines Prize for work done in Gemini

10 Feb 2026

Study shows how diesel fumes can cross the blood-brain barrier

26 Jan 2026

New Gemini experiment reveals quantum behaviour in powerful laser-electron collisions

14 Jan 2026

Analysing Darwin specimens without opening 200-year-old jars

12 Jan 2026

The High Power Laser Christmas Conference 2025

28 Nov 2025

Vulcan 20-20 Groundbreaking Ceremony

16 Nov 2025

Vulcan 20-20 Building Update: November 2025

04 Nov 2025

Scientists recreate cosmic ‘fireballs’ to probe mystery of missing gamma rays

29 Sep 2025

CLF Researcher and UPLiFT Chief Scientist Dr Robbie Scott Wins Edouard Fabre Prize

04 Sep 2025

New measurement technique for next-generation compact particle accelerators

07 Aug 2025

Wildfire chemical toxic to humans lingers longer in clouds

21 Jul 2025

A year in industry 2024-25: looking back at how the year has changed us

09 Jul 2025

Deadline Extended: Octopus and Ultra Calls for Access

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