CAMARILLO, California, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: If a doctor wants to get a closer look at a tumor inside of a patient, or if scientists want to get a detailed image of a plant, animal or inanimate structure, scientists and doctors frequently rely on sophisticated imaging devices. Powering some of the most sophisticated imaging devices are ions. Working to make ion sources even more efficient, accessible, and able  more