How the World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Makes Movies of Molecules - CNET
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Get an inside look at the world’s most powerful X-ray laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Stanford, which scientists use to film movies of molecules.
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See SLAC, a two-mile particle accelerator next to Stanford
Timecode chapters
0:00 Introduction to SLAC and LCLS
0:48 Upgrading the particle accelerator
1:45 How cryomodules work
2:23 Cooling below outer space temperatures
3:11 Generating hard X-rays
4:15 Filming “molecular movies” of atoms
5:03 Real-world applications and future experiments
Video credits
Host: Andy Altman
Scripted by: Andy Altman
Producer: Andy Altman
Camera: Celso Bulgatti
Video editor: Jon Gomez
Thumbnail designer: Zooey Liao
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