XFEL Inaugurated in Germany
HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 4, 2017 — The faster, more powerful European XFEL free-electron laser has been inaugurated, producing ultra-bright, trillion-photon X-ray flashes at a frequency 200× greater than the best preexisting free-electron lasers (FELs). The next-generation European instrument will allow scientists to map the atomic relief of viruses, decipher the molecular composition of cells, create 3D images of the nanoworld and film chemical reactions. Eleven countries helped build the XFEL and the French