(Phys.org)—Accelerator physicists at SLAC have started commissioning the world's most compact photoinjector – a device that spits out electrons when hit by light. Photoinjectors are used to generate electrons for free-electron ...
General Physics
Sep 25, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The X-ray Pump Probe instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source is installed and ready for its first user experiments several weeks ahead of schedule, thanks in part to funds provided by the American Recovery ...
General Physics
Oct 5, 2010
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Researchers of DESY, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland and the Diamond Light Source in Great Britain have developed a new type of sample holder for so-called serial protein crystallography. The holder consists ...
General Physics
Jun 3, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Blue-glowing diamond crystals hold promise for expanding the research capacity of SLAC's X-ray laser by divvying up its pulses for use in separate, simultaneous experiments.
General Physics
Mar 14, 2013
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A revolutionary new £1M laser instrument in the UK is set to illuminate the innermost workings of DNA, protein, enzyme and other molecules that play a critical role in key natural processes in humans, animals and plants. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 17, 2015
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Finding water on the moon could be easier with a Goddard technology that uses an effect called quantum tunneling to generate a high-powered terahertz laser, filling a gap in existing laser technology.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2022
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Using a new X-ray technique, a team of researchers was able to watch in real time as a molecule split apart into two new molecules. The method could be used to look at chemical reactions that other techniques can't catch, ...
Materials Science
Apr 23, 2019
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Guoan Zheng, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a new sensor technology that can perform large-scale microbial monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolution and high sensitivity.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 10, 2021
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A new drug delivery device designed and constructed by Jie Chen, Thomas Cesario and Peter Rentzepis promises to unlock the potential of photosensitive chemicals to kill drug-resistant infections and perhaps cancer tumors ...
Other
Apr 6, 2011
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Unlocking the mysteries of microcrystals can be a huge challenge for scientists. But a European team led by scientists from DESY – a German national research centre composed of a series of particle accelerators – have ...
General Physics
Aug 6, 2015
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