Video | Upgraded X-ray laser science: radiation effects
Now 10,000 times brighter and thousands of times faster, LCLS sheds light on the formation of free radicals in nature – from our skin to outer space.
Upgraded X-ray Laser Science: Radiation Effects
Linda Young, distinguished fellow at Argonne National Laboratory and professor of physics at The University of Chicago, shares how her team is using the upgraded LCLS to study how free radicals form in nature, in outer space and in our bodies. (Olivier Bonin & Sam Soon/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Olivier Bonin & Sam Soon/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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