At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.
![At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/44943593144_f53c15a6cc_o_1200x768.jpg?h=07c03992&itok=C5Vf0B9Q)
Identifying each tiny chemical step in photosynthesis could aid the development of renewable energy technology.
![Identifying each tiny chemical step in photosynthesis could aid the development of renewable energy technology.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/photosystem-II_cover_pnas_bergmann_final-1400x768.jpg?h=6467ba0c&itok=7m3M7ino)
Stanford’s Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase, shown on screens.
![Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-02/slac-11-07-1649-b-v2.jpg?h=41cd9748&itok=kydm3dIH)
![A photo-collage featuring a technician at SLAC's cryo-EM facilities.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/covid-19-hero.jpg?h=5ac5f6a4&itok=k3I6hLDE)
This illustration shows arrestin, an important type of signaling protein, while docked with rhodopsin, a G protein-coupled receptor.
![This illustration shows arrestin, an important type of signaling protein](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/cover_artwork_qingping_final.jpg?h=d20b3caa&itok=emMjsppL)