It can help operators optimize the performance of X-ray lasers, electron microscopes, medical accelerators and other devices that depend on high-quality beams.

A better understanding of the failure process will help researchers design new materials that can better withstand intense events such as high-velocity impacts.

Scientists get dramatically better resolution at X-ray free-electron lasers with a new technique.

These fleeting disruptions, seen for the first time in lead hybrid perovskites, may help explain why these materials are exceptionally good at turning sunlight into electrical current in solar cells.