News
01 Apr. 2022 - 06 Jul. 2022
Creation of the joint laboratory HERACLES3 in the field of intense lasers
The Institut Polytechnique de Paris, the CNRS and Thales have signed a partnership agreement relating to the creation of a joint laboratory, HERACLES 3, to conduct research and development in the field of intense lasers. Drawing on a rich history of...
01 Feb. 2022
Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion
A burning plasma has been recently achieved at the National Ignition Facility in the US: a paper in the Figaro magazine on 28/01/2022 could be read here (in french only). On the same subject, listen to the podcast of the 7pm radio news programme of France...
08 Dec. 2021
Cosmos in the lab
Listen to the podcast of La Méthode scientifique by Antoine Beauchamp and Nicolas Martin on the France Culture website.
12 Oct. 2021
Understanding cosmic ray generation in the lab
By combining high-power lasers and intense magnetic fields, researchers succeeded for the first time in demonstrating particle acceleration during the interaction of a collisionless shock wave with a magnetized ambient medium. Reference Laboratory...