{
  "id": 16655391,
  "title": "Single optical element combines soft X-ray imaging and spectroscopy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/single-optical-element-combines-soft-x-ray-imaging-and-spectroscopy",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T20:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-optical-element-combines-soft-ray.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An international research team from Germany, Switzerland and Japan has demonstrated in a recent study that a single reflection zone plate (RZP) can perform both soft X-ray imaging and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) mapping. The approach could simplify future instruments that need to determine both where structures are located in a material and how their electronic properties vary.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}