Animation
In photosystem II, the water-splitting center cycles through four stable states
![Photosystem II baseball](/sites/default/files/2023-05/psII_baseball_v03.gif)
Illustration
When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.
![When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/electron_transfer_atomic_motions_artwork_final_1200x768.jpg?h=5baddcf8&itok=2DKOq0wV)
![PULSE graduate student Jian Chen in a laser lab at SLAC.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/Laser%20Lab%20Bldg%2040%2035092687873_e18f5cb3fa_o.jpg-.jpg?h=0c369830&itok=fgfKSvXZ)
Illustration
Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...
![XLEAP illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/xleap_leadart_final_full_0.jpg?h=2213e3e4&itok=RE6Pc5l8)
Photograph
The Laser Science and Technology (LST) division of the LCLS provides operational support for laser systems used in the LCLS...
![LCLS laser lab](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2018_1002_2018_1002_LCLS_LST-45-Edit.jpg?h=4ff7faec&itok=AM_6a3f5)
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The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step...
![Nilsson science cover](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nilsson_science_cover_highres.jpg?h=accb01f1&itok=JjDDTck3)
![FACET laser lab](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/FACET%20Laser%20Lab%20%282013_204_4733_FACET-LASER%29.jpg?h=1ae6bda6&itok=-xHyLvMN)
![Illustration shows two ball-and-stick molecules in pink and red separated by a blurred streak representing how the first structure is slightly deformed into the second.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/unstable_lattice_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=lrV66BQ4)