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X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
![X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/cover_nilsson_nomansland_final_landscape_highres_1200x768.jpg?h=67ab0815&itok=RgXSbKpu)
Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
![Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/lithium_ion_oxygen_migration_la_final_1200x768.jpg?h=e735519e&itok=MsQNidT4)
Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.
![Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nature_lcls_rgb.jpg?h=c1adbf8b&itok=XbnpsFl9)
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)
Researchers used SLAC’s ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) as an electron camera to take snapshots of a three-atom-thick layer of a promising material as it...
![UED electron camera takes snapshots of dynamic ripples.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/UED-MoS2-Ripples3_0.jpg?h=748133d4&itok=2EueSwLE)
Researchers made the first microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.
![First microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/5744437614ab6.jpeg?h=eb808868&itok=wEtVidF7)
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Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.
![Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/Scientific_facilities_MEC_hutch.jpg?h=945b5590&itok=NgcmkRy-)
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