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May 28, 2015

On-demand X-rays at synchrotron light sources
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 28, 2015
Consumers are now in the era of "on-demand" entertainment, in which they have access to the books, music and movies they want thanks to the internet. Likewise, scientists who use synchrotron light sources are welcoming an era of "on-demand" X-rays, in which they have access to the light beams they want thanks to a technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Working at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS), a DOE Office of ... read more

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