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March 15, 2012 03:56 pm PDT
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Synchrotrons explained (with donuts)
Synchrotrons are a type of particle accelerator—a family of machines that includes the famous Large Hadron Collider. Different synchrotrons do different jobs. The Diamond Light Source synchrotron in the United Kingdom focuses on producing high-energy beams of light, which are used to aid all different kinds of scientific research—from microbiology to archaeology. In this short [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MPV0pHtTy5g/synchrotrons-explained-with-d.html
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