China is planning world’s brightest light source facility
China is planning to build the world's brightest light source facility in Beijing, the China Daily reported. Expected to start in 2018, the project will effectively be a next-generation synchrotron radiation facility and will create the brightest X-rays worldwide. The facility, dubbed Beijing Light Source, will cost $698 million (₹4,760 crore) and is estimated to be completed in six years.