synchrotron
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In the new study, scientists applied synchrotron imaging, which uses extremely bright beams of light to detect hidden structures within rock.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
Diamond Light Source is a synchrotron, which fires electrons around a giant ring at nearly the speed of light.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Inside this huge machine, which is called a synchrotron, electrons are accelerated to almost the speed of light to produce a powerful X-ray beam that can probe the scroll without damaging it.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
What the Linköping researchers have done is map the molecular interaction between the materials transporting the electrons and the solvent itself by using a series of advanced synchrotron X-ray and neutron techniques.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
McMillan’s synchrotron and Alvarez’s linear accelerator were under construction.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
