Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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Edited by Brian W. Matthews, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, and approved May 26, 2016 (received for review March 2, 2016)
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- Gregory S. Orfa,b,c,1,
- Rafael G. Saerb,c,
- Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzkic,
- Hao Zhanga,c,
- Chelsea L. McIntoshb,2,
- Jason W. Schultza,
- Liviu M. Miricaa, and
- Robert E. Blankenshipa,b,c,3
- aDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130;
- bDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130;
- cPhotosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
Edited by Brian W. Matthews, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, and approved May 26, 2016 (received for review March 2, 2016)
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↵1Present address: Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281.
↵2Present address: Department of Poly Science and Math, College of Letters and Sciences, Arizona State University at Downtown Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
- ↵3To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: blankenship{at}wustl.edu.
Author contributions: G.S.O. and R.E.B. designed research; G.S.O., R.G.S., D.M.N., H.Z., C.L.M., J.W.S., and L.M.M. performed research; G.S.O., R.G.S., D.M.N., and H.Z. analyzed data; and G.S.O. and R.E.B. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1603330113/-/DCSupplemental.
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