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LIVERMORE, Calif. — Physicists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have produced X-ray emissions in a laboratory setting by recreating the conditions that exist when solar winds collide ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Six years ago, a unique X-ray laser run by Stanford University began delivering the fastest, ...

This increased degree of penetration facilitates the crystallographic analysis of real devices such as lithium-ion batteries and the execution of high-pressure experiments using e.g. diamond anvil ...

An autofocusing X-ray optic improves materials research and brings a generation of pocket-size systems. More than a century after their discovery, X-rays still claim their place in medicine and ...

Some people collect classic cars. Others stockpile antiques. University of Delaware’s Gerald (Jerry) Poirier acquires complex analytical tools — the kind that enable the intricate and sophisticated ...

X-rays allow researchers to map out the 3D structure of proteins relevant to diseases at the scale of molecules and atoms, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab's) Advanced Light ...

A newly upgraded laser at the United States Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, or SLAC, National Accelerator Laboratory produced its first X-rays with help from the ...

For the first time, researchers have captured the ephemeral electron movements in a transient state of a chemical reaction using ultrafast, tabletop X-ray spectroscopy. The researchers used ...