🤩 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory runs a linear particle accelerator. Today, scientists and engineers at SLAC use the accelerator to generate a very powerful X-ray laser. Such a refined X-ray light beam is used to penetrate deep into matter at the molecular and atomic level, and allows scientists to produce "movies" of the behavior of these atoms and molecules. Generally it's very difficult to look at atoms and see how they behave and that's why SLAC built this X-ray laser. Technically it'

How do you power a particle accelerator? How do you keep it running after decades of use? This film is the first in a brand new series diving into the detail of particle accelerators and their many applications. Stay tuned for a new film each week over the next two months, and thanks to the Science and Technology Facilities Council for supporting this series. | Royal Institution of Great Britain