Lasers may aid missile defense, engine crack detection
Ultrafast flashes of X-rays can eject an electron from a molecule, leaving the molecule in a super excited state that eventually causes it to break apart. The interaction of atoms and molecules is both useful for making coherent X-rays which, in the future, may show previously undetectable cracks in jet turbine blades. (Courtesy image)
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