ZEUS – A new two-petawatt laser facility at the University of Michigan

china is on track to have a 100pettawatt laser operating this year called "The Station of Extream Light", SEL for short, which is going to be used to try and seperate energy and matter by breaking empty space. think that this links to the place building it http://english.siom.cas.cn/Newsroom/rp/202207/t20220701_3071... all in all good to have a competitive environment in reseach.......though the US government, cough, cough, might, nudge, think about, some funding there