European Synchrotron’s new x-rays shine 100 times brighter
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Katrina Krämer2020-08-26T14:16:00
Extremely Brilliant Source, which took €150 million and 20 months to build, has already been used for Covid-19 research
One of the world’s most powerful x-ray sources – 100 times brighter than its predecessor – has opened at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. Its ability to unveil atomic details has already been used to visualise how the Covid-19 virus interacts with host cells and to perform 3D scans of coronavirus-infected lung tissue.