{
  "id": 7364075,
  "title": "Speedy electrons for brilliant laser light: Research paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/speedy-electrons-for-brilliant-laser-light-research-paves-the-way-for",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-14T17:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-speedy-electrons-brilliant-laser-paves.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Extremely short, intense light flashes are in high demand to investigate atoms, molecules and new materials. Free-electron lasers (FELs) produce these flashes. But around the world, beam time available at large-scale user facilities is in short supply, and waiting times are long.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}