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Next-generation X-ray source fires up

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Swedish synchrotron promises to open up new avenues for researchers.

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  • 27 August 2015

    This article originally said that the synchrotron would open on 20 June 2016 instead of 21 June. It also gave the wrong main affiliation for Chris Jacobsen (although he at Northwestern University, his primary appointment is at Argonne National Laboratory). The text has been corrected.

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Castelvecchi, D. Next-generation X-ray source fires up. Nature 525, 15–16 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18253

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