The century-old field of X-ray physics is being rejuvenated by new forms of ultrabright sources based on laser technology, promising a revolution in imaging capabilities. This month Nature ...

The intense, brief pulses of X-rays from upcoming free-electron lasers will greatly extend X-ray microscopy to the femtosecond time domain and to interatomic length scales. From recent experiments ...

Many biologically important molecules change shape when stimulated by UV radiation. Although this property can also be found in some drugs, it is not yet well understood. Using an innovative technique ...

An international research team from Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, Norway, Spain and Japan has made a significant ...

Italian astronomers report the detection of a new X-ray binary (XRB), which has received the designation 4XMM J181330.1-17511 (J1813 for short). The newfound object represents the rare subclass of ...