Hollow core cuts Raman thresholds
Photonic fibres could shift gas-based nonlinear optics into a new regime
Electrons probe single atoms
A breakthrough in electron microscopy could boost the semiconductor industry
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X-ray beams thin out
Analytical techniques could benefit from the narrowest-ever beams of X-rays
Electron pulses reach the femtosecond scale
Bursts of electrons – rather than light – could probe ultra-fast processes
Crystals give clues to ancient cosmetics
X-ray diffraction reveals how Egyptians made their characteristic black eye make-up
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Leading neutron lab appoints new director
Institut Laue Langevin names British physicist as its next director
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Super-short laser flashes light up ultra-fast events
Fleeting bursts of X-rays allow scientists to track attosecond electron events for the first time
Positrons go into detail
Over the last 50 years, a number of techniques have been developed to analyse surfaces, near-surface layers and interfaces. Each technique has its own peculiar characteristics, and offers a different ...
X-ray device sets pulses racing
A switch to control bursts of X-rays could make it much easier to track reaction dynamics
Diamond comes under the microscope
A new twist on a well-known technique allows physicists to probe the electrical properties of insulators
