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SLAC researchers used giant x-ray lasers to image current filamentation instabilities in dense fusion plasma, capturing 500-femtosecond-scale evolution and revealing magnetic fields near 1,000 teslas, aiding understanding and modeling of fusion reactor behavior.
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured an image of the atoms inside cyanobacteria undergoing photosynthesis just as the tiny organism released oxygen. The team used X-ray lasers to image the different steps in the reaction and discovered a previously unknown step in the process. The research could potentially lead to the creation of new fuels that use sunlight to make clean energy.