A new laser laboratory that will help scientists see how proteins become activated at a molecular level launched at Imperial College London on 29 April 2010. The Ultrafast Spectroscopy Laboratory houses three state-of-the-art laser systems that can analyse the movements of proteins at a molecular level. The lasers work by generating intense light pulses that last for femtoseconds (0.000000000000001 seconds ) and the new lab will make Imperial one of the world's biggest hubs for this kind of technology. Read more