Laser accelerators promised to deliver high-energy particle beams for biomedical uses, but have struggled to meet constraints on dose control and stability. An experiment now enables translational research with proton beams at ultrahigh dose rate.
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Gizzi, L.A., Andreassi, M.G. Ready for translational research. Nat. Phys. 18, 237–238 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01547-6
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