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Building a compact proton accelerator

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CNET News: New research being developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, could reduce the size of proton accelerator machines from that of a football field to that of a traditional X-ray machine.

The smaller size and cost could increase the availability of proton therapy treatments.

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