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SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.

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Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.

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The study at SLAC’s X-ray laser was a step toward understanding how DNA defends itself from breakage and potential mutations.

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X-ray studies have produced surprising insights into the workings of a hormone receptor associated with blood pressure regulation that could be a target for...

Powerful X-rays reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors.
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Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have identified active carbon catalysts and developed an electrochemical cell designed to purify water in small villages.

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Paving the way for flexible electronics, engineers have developed a plastic electrode that stretches like rubber but carries electricity like wires.

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A new paper describes a way to fabricate glasses that can correct X-ray focusing problems at synchrotrons and X-ray lasers.

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Instrument Finds New Earthly Purpose

Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.

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X-rays show details of an insect virus’s crystalline cocoon with sub-nanometer resolution.

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After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser

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Using an electric field, researchers drew magnetic designs in nonmagnetic material. These efforts could lead to new types of storage devices.

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The electric field aligns the spins of the electrons in the nonmagnetic material, and the ordering creates magnetic properties.

The electric field aligns the spins of the electrons in the nonmagnetic material, and the ordering creates magnetic properties.