Scientists have long dreamed of being able to study how the structure of molecules changes during complex chemical and biochemical reactions. However, direct structural information can only be achieved by scattering with X-rays, electrons and neutrons, and so far these techniques have only achieved sub-nanosecond (10-9 s) timescales.
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