Soft X-ray images of cells. (IMAGE)
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The cells were placed in a culture medium within a vacuum-sealed holder. On the left are images captured by a single shot of around 30 femtoseconds, and on the right the same cell captured shortly after through a composite of 15 shots over a total of 250 milliseconds. The second image shows the darker carbon-enriched regions with less noise, but the researchers note that it is more blurred, probably because of cellular movement.
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2024 Egawa et al./ Optica
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