Fermilab ships first LCLS-II cryomodule to SLAC

The Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Laboratory is an X-ray laser that allows scientists to take snapshots of atoms and molecules in motion, revealing fundamental processes in materials, technology and living things. Its strobe-like pulses are just a few millionths of a second long, and a billion times brighter than previous X-ray sources. Fermilab is providing SLAC with 22 cryomodules for the LCLS-II upgrade, which will take X-ray science to the next level, opening the door to a whole new range of studies of the ultrafast and ultrasmall.

[TerryPullen]

So this is why mine is on back-order. Damn!

[alleneverhart]

high tech, high engineering, i hope lots of people look at this and think - i could do that and it would way cool!

[DrWoodyII]

How LCLS Works: "At the LCLS, extremely short, bright X-ray laser pulses hit samples up to 120 times per second, producing patterns in a detector that reveal the structures of biological molecules, properties of materials, atomic motions and other fundamental information. LCLS-II will greatly advance the capabilities of LCLS as a world-class discovery machine." [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA,
Operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Dept. of Energy]

[NaZReD]

bless them half using safety glasses half not. half using outdated hard hats half with none. feels you with confidence that this is a well oiled machine :) could be worse I guess like hunched over work stations for the laptops, nice way to utterly wreck your backs & postures, :)