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(Summary description)Romanian scientists have developed a record-breaking 10-megawatt laser, which is equivalent to one-tenth of the energy produced by the sun on the earth. In addition to letting someone or something evaporate, it is mainly used for research purposes. Scientists from three countries will use this super-intensity laser to study the characteristics of photonuclear, cancer medicine, radiation research, and so on.

In 2014, the Extremetech website once described a 1 MW laser as a "death star", and now the laser developed is ten times stronger. The laser was developed by the European Commission through the "ultra-light infrastructure" (ELI) project to provide 850 million euros in funding. The project includes facilities in Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Romanian laboratories use it to study photonuclear physics. The Hungarian facility used attosecond (1x10-18 seconds) laser pulses for experiments. The Czech Republic team studies short-pulse secondary radiation sources and particles.

The ELI project plans to build a fourth laser laboratory. The laser intensity of the laboratory is an order of magnitude higher, but a site has not yet been selected for it. The appearance of a 10 MW laser may not be what most people think. It is located in a sealed chamber, moved through several vacuum tubes with focusing lenses, and researchers can't even see it. Instead, they read relevant data from the computer.

Researchers can use this laser to study the effects of supernovae and how heavy metals are formed. As for practical applications, it may help proton therapy for cancer. It may also help to find ways to dispose of radioactive waste