If you're interested in what they're doing for lasers, this link is definitely cool.
http://www.llnl.gov/nif/project/news_status.html
Quote:
NIF's arena-sized building houses 192 laser beams designed to deliver 1.8 million joules of ultraviolet laser energy and 500 terawatts of power to millimeter-sized targets located at the center of its 10-meter-diameter target chamber.
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I thought it quite interesting myself.