High-intensity, hard X-ray pulses induce extreme ionization of heavy atoms, turning them into a kind of “black hole” within molecules, according to new research. The ionized atoms suck electrons in ...

In a new study published in Nature Energy, a research group led by Prof. Xianfeng Li from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) collaborated with ...

An ultrafast 'electron camera' has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being hit by a laser pulse. The ...