CLF scientists used DiPOLE10 to ask the question:

Can we replace the water confinement layer in Laser Shock Peening (LSP) with ambient gas to make LSP more accessible in industry for improving the wear resistance of metals?

Find out the answer here ➡
tinyurl.com/d6b5ymkm

Last chance to join next years cohort of industrial Placement students! ⤵️

📣A call for access to Artemis is now open!

Specials on the menu for this call: our newly-commissioned 100 kHz beamline, and Laserlab-funded access for those based outside the UK.
➡️ tinyurl.com/y73csfwt

A review by Professor Marisa Martin-Fernandez (OCTOPUS) has highlighted the usefulness of fluorescence imaging to help improve the effectiveness of a common type of lung cancer treatment.

Find out more➡️
tinyurl.com/49xn44a4

Check out #CLFoctopus & EBIC's recent Nature Communications publication - The results of which tie into helping us build a better picture of natural methane cycles in the atmosphere, and of Earth's biome as a whole🌱🌍
➡️ tinyurl.com/3y9t6pwp

Check out this amazing thread from Dr Ceri Brenner, Leader of the Centre for Accelerator Science at ANSTO and previous CLF Scientist! 👩‍🔬

Nuclear Science Week is here! I'll be taking over @win_australia tomorrow to talk about my career in #nuclear , from Harwell Campus Central Laser Facility to ANSTO, and all my fave bits of working in the fabulous #ANSTOaccelerators team

We’ve had our first hybrid external user commissioning the new Artemis 100 kHz beamline!

They have been performing experiments investigating how light interacts with electrons in crystals.

Find out more here ➡
tinyurl.com/yey9r4h5

Check out the #IndustrialPlacement jobs currently available at the CLF! 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔧👨‍💻

A recent publication using #CLFULTRA to investigate light-activated proteins in the BLUF domain was featured on the supplementary journal cover of ACS Chemical Biology!

Find out more about the publication ➡
tinyurl.com/mrmws3ne

Scientists used the CLF DiPOLE10 laser system to investigate Laser Shock Peening of tungsten, a metal crucial to Tokamak-based fusion power research.

Find out more here ➡
tinyurl.com/yc5n3s7e

We're hosting Oxford BBSRC DTP today for a visit joint with Central Laser Facility and Diamond Light Source
Showcasing how the techniques available here Rutherford Appleton Laboratory can be used in combination to learn more about #Biosciences

In collaboration with the CLF, #EuPRAXIA Collaboration researchers make further steps towards ultra-compact accelerators that will revolutionise medicine, science, and industry!

Find out more here ➡
tinyurl.com/3nvrrzzj

Pushing forward the boundaries of science often starts with fundamental research.
A recent example is an experiment using Vulcan’s Target Area West to investigate X-ray emission from hairs width silver and tin foils.

Check it out here ➡
tinyurl.com/28wwd649