Ultrahigh intensity lasers can potentially be used in conjunction with conventional fusion
lasers to ignite inertial confinement fusion (ICF) capsules with a total energy of a few tens of …

Background Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor,
has been shown to benefit patients with a variety of cancers. Methods Between July 2001 …

Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael J. Perry's new book is a personal and scholarly
exploration of the idea of human rights. Perry is one of our nation's leading authorities on …

Black hole solutions to Einstein's equations are examined in asymptotically flat N + 1 dimensional
space-times. First generalizations of Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordstrøm solutions …

In recent Petawatt laser experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, several
hundred joules of 1 μm laser light in 0.5–5.0-ps pulses with intensities up to 3×10 20 W cm −2 …

Background. In spite of 16 randomized trials conducted during the past 15 years, the effect of
thoracic radiotherapy on the survival of patients with limited small-cell lung cancer remains …

The application of the chirped-pulse amplification technique to solid-state lasers combined
with the availability of broad-bandwidth materials has made possible the development of …

Background. For patients with locally or regionally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
radiation is the standard treatment, but survival remains poor. We therefore conducted a …

… In" Morality, Politics, and Law", Michael Perry answers this fundamental question, critiques
the vision … In the course of exploring these and other controversial questions, Perry examines …

Laser-induced damage threshold measurements were performed on homogeneous and
multilayer dielectrics and gold-coated optics at 1053 and 526 nm for pulse durations τ ranging …