Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...

November 3, 2003--Using the unique properties of the world's longest linear accelerator (linac), researchers at the DOE Office of Science's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) have made the ...

Using its electron linear accelerator, researchers have enabled two companies to demonstrate new methods for the production of molybdenum-99, the parent isotope of technetium-99m – a medical isotope ...

Linear accelerators, LINACs for short, are devices that accelerate electrons or other sub-atomic particles along a straight line to generate a beam of high energy. LINACs have a variety of commercial ...

Tens of thousands of accelerators exist around the world, producing powerful particle beams for the benefit of medical diagnostics, cancer therapy, industrial manufacturing, material analysis, ...

FOR many years, the bombarded tantalum cathode gun has acted as a reliable source of electrons for injection into demountable linear accelerator systems 1,2. An important advantage of the pure metal ...

FLASH radiotherapy, delivered using ultrahigh-dose-rate (UHDR) radiation beams, can significantly reduce normal tissue toxicity while maintaining anti-tumour efficacy. Preclinical studies ...