Bizarre video of Nobel physics laureate Gérard Mourou surfaces

Mourou and a colleague shown dancing in a lab surrounded by female students, some of whom do a striptease

When Donna Strickland was announced this week as physics' first female Nobel laureate in 55 years, it appeared progress was afoot in the field. But a bizarre video that has resurfaced on YouTube featuring another of this year's physics laureates, Gi(C)rard Mourou, suggests enlightenment may be yet to reach all corners of the laser physics community.

The clip, titled "Have you seen ELI", was made in 2013, apparently with the aim of promoting Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), a a850m EU project led by Mourou. The soundtrack, an upbeat reggae song, lists the exciting goals of the laser facility: "reversing nuclear waste, understanding the universe and wait guys, even heal cancer".