The most powerful laser system in the U.S., built and run by the University of Michigan, is about to begin hosting research teams from around the world. Called ZEUS, the zettawatt-equivalent ultrashort pulse laser system is designed to lead the U.S. with a peak power of three petawatts—about a thousand times the electricity consumption of the whole world, but for a few quintillionths of a second. This video looks at the new system and its potential.
