News

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

16 Nov 2018

The Central Laser Facility at 40

29 Oct 2018

Syngenta collaboration

29 Oct 2018

Accepted into Nature Catalysis: Providing a first glimpse of the chemistry of electrocatalysis through the ‘eyes’ of a powerful surface technique

18 Oct 2018

OCTOPUS imaging cluster identifies protein structures on the surface of cells that can help with cancer drug development

17 Oct 2018

Life in the fast lane: Fast electrons bypass light in glass

15 Oct 2018

Meet the 2018/2019 CLF Sandwich Students

08 Oct 2018

Artemis, Octopus and ULTRA User Meeting 2019

08 Oct 2018

Breakthrough in Studying Sustainable Synthesis

08 Oct 2018

Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

02 Oct 2018

Mariastefania De Vido awarded £80k fellowship by the Royal Commission

24 Sep 2018

From Placement to PhD: Following the Story of Alfred Jones

19 Sep 2018

Registration Open for the 2018 Christmas Meeting of the High Power Laser Community

14 Sep 2018

Results from experiment on Ultra into analysing surface interfaces of an electrochemical reaction received as “Sorely needed by the electrochemistry community.”

02 Aug 2018

FROM ICE TO FIRE: Nanostructured cryogenic targets form relativistic plasma accelerators

30 Jul 2018

Using ultrashort pulsed, hard, bright X-rays to ‘freeze’ laser driven shock waves in silicon

26 Jun 2018

Light so intense that it can even slow matter down

26 Jun 2018

Illuminating the mechanism of photoactivation of a prototypical fluorescent protein

12 Jun 2018

CLF collaborative study highlights flaws in breast cancer drug

28 May 2018

Writing The Code for Clean Energy

26 May 2018

Industrial Impact of the Central Laser Facility

19 May 2018

Lasers, camera, action: Shining a light on Public Engagement at the Central Laser Facility

17 May 2018

Who really wins the race? Mapping the complete reaction path of a complex photochemical reaction

10 May 2018

From Western Cape to Great Western: South African PhD student Cathrine Pfukwa wins award for experiment with ancient antibiotic here at the CLF

16 Apr 2018

ULTRA study could facilitate large-scale screening tests of drugs using 2D-IR spectroscopy

16 Apr 2018

Get to know the CLF Lasers

11 Apr 2018

Accepted into Nature Comms: Shedding Light on Laser Additive Manufacturing

03 Apr 2018

Putting the Tinto STFC: Engineering at the Central Laser Facility

18 Mar 2018

The art of decoding: SORS spin-off acts as a tool for investigation of heterogeneous painted systems

14 Mar 2018

CLF scientists help to solve mystery of why comets emit X-rays

13 Mar 2018

Space Weather in the Lab