First images of the X-ray laser inspire researchers

  • 3 Sep 2018

Less than a year after the world's largest X-ray laser launched in Germany it's showing promise for medical research. Researchers have published the first results: three-dimensional images of protein molecules.

UK provides first advanced detector for world's largest X-ray laser

One of the world’s fastest detectors, capable of capturing images in billionths of a second, has been developed by the UK for use at the world’s largest X-ray laser, the European XFEL.

World's biggest ever X-ray laser shines its first light

Scientists say the ability to make images of individual molecules "marks the beginning a new era of research in Europe".