The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with pulses lasting just 25 quintillionths of a second. The University of Michigan’s ZEUS is now the country’s most powerful with ...

Imagine harnessing power on a scale almost unimaginable. A cutting-edge laser facility called ZEUS at the University of Michigan has reached a groundbreaking level of power. It generated a brief pulse ...

ZEUS is expected to produce even higher levels of power later this year. The school gym-sized ZEUS is the successor to the university’s HERCULES system, which topped out at 300 terawatts. ZEUS relied ...

The big picture: With its first 2-petawatt experiment successfully completed, ZEUS is poised to push the boundaries of high-field science, providing researchers with a powerful new tool for discovery ...

The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts). At more ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week as the nation ...