ALS-U Rendering (IMAGE) DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Caption This rendering shows the existing equipment at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (lower right) that forms the storage ring where accelerated electrons give off energy in the form of light. A planned upgrade, ALS-U (left and upper right), would replace this storage ring with a denser array of magnets, known as an MBA lattice, that would produce far brighter, steadier beams of so-called "soft" X-ray light. A unique secondary ring along the ALS's inner wall, called an "accumulator" ring, would rapidly replenish the energy in the main ring. Credit Berkeley Lab Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.