Nine European countries participate in XFEL

Nine countries, namely France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in which they have agreed to jointly prepare the foundation of the European X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facility. XFEL opens up new possibilities in the vast field of structural research, by generating extremely brilliant, ultra-short X-ray pulses with laser-like properties. More information on this European project is available at http://xfel.desy.de/content/e169/index_eng.html