Centre for Heavy Ion Research. External view of the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research. Heavy ion research uses beams of high energy nuclear

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Centre for Heavy Ion Research. External view of the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research. Heavy ion research uses beams of high energy nuclear particles to investigate the nuclear structure of matter. Heavy ions are also used here in the development of particle therapy, a treatment to kill cancerous tumours. Photographed in Darmstadt, Germany.

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