Shining light: Once online in 2026, the Advanced Light Source-Upgrade will be one of the most intense sources of coherent soft X-rays in the world (courtesy: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a $590m upgrade to the Advanced Light Source (ALS) th
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Peter Gwynne is Physics World's North America correspondent