A new frontier in understanding electron dynamics: Imaging with attosecond short X-ray flashes

 21 January 2025
 Physics General News

Attosecond science, honored with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, is transforming our understanding of how electrons move in atoms, molecules, and solids. An attosecond—equivalent to a billionth of a billionth of a second—enables "slow-motion" visualization of natural processes occurring at extraordinary speeds.