Physicist Gregor Hlawacek, head of the EU project FIT4NANO, is responsible for a state-of-the-art facility at the HZDR where he can produce and analyze nanostructures using a particularly finely ...

A new concept for targeted cancer treatment has proven somewhat successful in mice thus far. The concept relies on using radioactive ion beams to target cancerous tumors and cells directly. There are, ...

A group of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology has discovered a completely new way of using lasers to accelerate ion beams. In time, the new technique could possibly give more people ...

Proton beam writing (PBW) and ion beam applications represent a cutting‐edge suite of techniques for material patterning and modification at the micro‐ and nanoscale. PBW utilises focussed MeV proton ...

The Large Helical Device (LHD) and the heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) system. The inset on the left shows an enlarged view of the section from the negative ion source to the injection side of the tandem ...

A more accurate way to destroy tumours using beams of radioactive particles could help target hard-to-treat cancers that are close to sensitive organs, such as the spinal cord or optic nerve. Most ...

Particle Radiation Therapy Using Proton and Heavier Ion Beams. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply ...

Ion sources and neutral beam injection (NBI) systems lie at the heart of modern plasma physics research, providing a controlled means to generate and manipulate charged particles for plasma heating ...

Traditional methods, such as mechanical polishing and chemical etching, can introduce unwanted artifacts, surface damage, or thermal effects that compromise imaging accuracy and detail. That’s where ...