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Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

SARS-CoV-2-NEMO — This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO. One NEMO strand (blue) has been cut by Mpro, and the other NEMO strand (red) is in the process of being cut by Mpro. Without NEMO, an immune system is slower to respond to increasing viral loads or new infections. Seeing how Mpro attacks NEMO at the molecular level could inspire new therapeutic approaches. *(Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)*

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LSST Camera images provide the inspiration for artist Lennart Lahuis’s “Astromelancholia.”

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A machine learning algorithm automatically extracts information to speed up – and extend – the study of materials with X-ray pulse pairs.

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Two GEM Fellows reflect on their summer internships at SLAC and share their thoughts on representation and mentorship.

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LSST Camera images provide the inspiration for artist Lennart Lahuis’s “Astromelancholia.”

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A machine learning algorithm automatically extracts information to speed up – and extend – the study of materials with X-ray pulse pairs.

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Two GEM Fellows reflect on their summer internships at SLAC and share their thoughts on representation and mentorship.

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For decades, materials scientists have focused on materials that are relatively balanced and unchanging – but not Yijing Huang, a postdoctoral scholar at the...

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Chi-Chang Kao has decided to return to research after serving 10 years as director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory...

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Blaine Mooers, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, has won this year’s Farrel W. Lytle...

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The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and...

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Encapsulating precious-metal catalysts in a web-like alumina framework could reduce the amount needed in catalytic converters – and our dependency on these scarce metals.

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Bernhard Mistlberger will receive the APS's 2023 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics for his work on precision Standard Model calculations.

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SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

Finding art in astrophysics technology

Artificial intelligence deciphers detector "clouds" to accelerate materials research

GEM Fellowship aims to increase representation in STEM

Finding art in astrophysics technology

Artificial intelligence deciphers detector "clouds" to accelerate materials research

GEM Fellowship aims to increase representation in STEM

Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

Chi-Chang Kao to step down as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory director

Blaine Mooers wins 2022 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron leadership and RNA research

‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future

Molecular cage protects precious metals in catalytic converters

SLAC physicist wins American Physical Society early career award

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