"Among the technologies used in cancer treatment, there are linear accelerator devices that will help to treat cancer by producing radiation and bombarding a cancerous tumor," the Iranian ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Object 1978.1073.01.1 is the first ...

In Russia, a klystron was manufactured and launched — a powerful high-frequency amplifier that is necessary for the operation of linear electron and positron accelerators (colliders, synchrotrons, ...

The 1940s saw the origins of linear electron accelerators that directly led to the 2-mile-long accelerator at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. SLAC archivist Jean Deken presents a pictorial history ...

Canadian scientists are developing a new technology that integrates two existing medical devices -- medical linear accelerators, or "linacs," which produce powerful X-rays for treating cancer, and ...

The VitalBeam linear accelerator is the newest addition to Varian Medical Systems' product portfolio. Varian Medical Systems, the largest player in the linear accelerator (linac) market, has added ...

Particle accelerators are the engines of particle physics research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. They generate nearly light-speed, subatomic particles that scientists study to get to the ...

Physicists in the US have developed a new type of laser-based particle accelerator. Tomas Plettner and co-workers at Stanford University and the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) used a commercial ...

Voss, a veteran of five space flights, to tour our facility in Santa Clara and see the key elements of an inspection system that may assist in ensuring the safety of future space shuttle flights.” ...

Photoneutron contamination arises when high‐energy therapeutic X‐rays interacting with high‐Z components in a linear accelerator head induce (γ,n) reactions, producing stray neutrons that contribute ...