SOLEIL synchrotron. Refrigerated sample holder of the Proxima-1 beamline from the SOLEIL synchrotron facility near Paris, France. A synchrotron is a d

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SOLEIL synchrotron. Refrigerated sample holder of the Proxima-1 beamline from the SOLEIL synchrotron facility near Paris, France. A synchrotron is a device that accelerates electrons in a vacuum tube to velocities approaching the speed of light. The electrons are kept in alignment by a series of special magnets. As the electrons travel around in a loop they radiate very bright and intense x-rays. This radiation can be used to study extremely small structures in materials science and molecular biology.

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