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The World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Is Now Colder Than Space

CHILLED OUT

Experts say it’s going to take “X-ray science to the next level.”

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Jim Gensheimer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

You might have gotten an X-ray at the dentist’s or after a broken bone before—but that was child’s play compared to what they have at Menlo Park, California.

Nestled underground beneath Stanford University is the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), a powerful X-ray laser managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory....

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