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illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity, a key component of SLAC's LCLS-II X-ray laser

Physics

Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a shutdown and an upgrade. When it is turned back on, it will be even more powerful

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Technology

X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful

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The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe's biggest secrets

Physics

The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe's biggest secrets

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New York Stock Exchange

Technology

Cosmic rays can help synchronise the global financial system

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Physics

X-ray laser fires most powerful pulse ever recorded

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Technology

Quantum computers are constantly hampered by cosmic rays

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Space

Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerful cosmic rays

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Spiral strand of DNA

Chemistry

DNA repair has been captured in a step-by-step molecular movie

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Illustration of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray hitting Earth

Physics

A mysterious, incredibly energetic cosmic ray has smashed into Earth

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location of distant black hole

Space

Astronomers have found the most distant black hole ever confirmed

The most distant supermassive black hole confirmed is more than 31 billion light years away, and it could be the key to figuring out how these behemoths grew so big so fast

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Space

Astronomers spotted the highest energy light ever seen from a pulsar

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Physics

The world’s brightest X-ray machine has been turned on

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Space

Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light coming from the sun

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Space

IceCube detector finds neutrinos from the Milky Way for the first time

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