Dr. Tammy Ma: Bringing the Stars to Earth

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is the world's largest and most powerful laser system. The NIF is built to create very extreme states of matter - similar to those found in the interiors of stars and planets. At NIF, scientists and engineers are working hard to demonstrate sustainable fusion burn - the same reaction that occurs in the sun - to one day harness as a source of limitless, clean energy.