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Record Smashing Electron Beam Delivers a Petawatt of Power in an Instant


Physicists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US have shattered the record for most powerful beam of electrons, cramming an ultra-high current of around 100,000 amps into an instant.

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