PHASER (VIDEO)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Proposed design of a future device for X-ray therapy, which researchers hope will be able to deliver radiation powerful enough to blast cancer cells in under a second instead of minutes. The project, called PHASER, relies on novel high-power accelerator structures (shown in bronze) under development at SLAC.

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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