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Education: Learn More About Fusion & Lasers


Fusion Fun
Find comics and activities that help you learn about the National Ignition Facility. See how we make giant crystals and how we will make a miniature star here on earth. Learn about the baby mammoth that was unearthed when NIF was being built.
How Lasers Work
A laser can be as small as a microscopic computer chip or as immense as the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is the size of three football fields. Learn how lasers were developed and how they work.
Internships
The NIF and Photon Science Directorate has opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, high school and college teachers, postdocs, and others to engage in cutting-edge scientific research to further their education and/or research goals.
Outreach
The NIF and Photon Science takes learning opportunites outside the Laboratory with Science on Saturday presentations, on-the-road travelling demonstrations, Expanding Your Horizons programs for young women and tours of the facility.
Online Resources
See a list of fusion-and photon-related online resources to further your knowledge.
FAQs
Have a question about the National Ignition Facility? Check out our most frequently asked questions or submit one of your own.
Glossary
If you don't know what something means, find it listed in our glossary that gives you definitions of terms related to NIF, fusion, and photon science.
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