1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auIsaac Schultzhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/isaacschultz-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cFZEz2clZY"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/09/upgraded-linear-accelerator-in-california-achieves-first-light-poised-to-transform-x-ray-science/">Upgraded Linear Accelerator in California Achieves First Light, Poised to Transform X-Ray Science</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/09/upgraded-linear-accelerator-in-california-achieves-first-light-poised-to-transform-x-ray-science/embed/#?secret=cFZEz2clZY" width="600" height="338" title="“Upgraded Linear Accelerator in California Achieves First Light, Poised to Transform X-Ray Science” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="cFZEz2clZY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/206b238b10df658cb1c9543d3e166754.jpg?quality=7548982669Engineers who have toiled on the world’s most powerful X-ray laser for over a decade have finally achieved first light with the instrument, meaning that science with the newly energized machine is nearly upon us. The laser is the Linac (short for linear accelerator) Coherent Light Source-II, or LCLS-II, and it will be used to […]