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Topological insulator

August 17, 2022
Against a black background, thin, glowing red wires at top impinge on the hexagonal surface of a translucent mass. Small white dots travel along the edges of the surface in two directions. Within the mass, two orange cones meet at their tips.
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SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software

With help from two small businesses, SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software is spreading its wings to make supercomputing easier and faster.

August 22, 2022
A large, complex shape is seen against a blue background crisscrossed with white lines. The shape is dark blue and resembles a brick partially topped with a thick shark’s fin. Three areas of bright red, orange and green, are on the shape’s bottom edge.
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SLAC’s ACE3P Software

To find the best possible shape for an accelerator component (left), researchers often have to tweak a number of factors...
August 22, 2022
A diagram shows a curvy gray shape before (left) and after its shape is optimized by trimming away a section shown in green. A chart at center shows blue and red lines converging on an ideal target value over a number of simulation runs.
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LCLS-II 2k cooldown

August 30, 2022
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
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LCLS-II cryoplant

A schematic of the LCLS-II cryoplant.
August 30, 2022
A schematic of a building with various pieces of cooling equipment.
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Cross section of cryomodule

A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.
August 30, 2022
Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium
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SARS-CoV-2 protein

This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.

September 8, 2022
SARS-CoV-2-NEMO
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Diamond rain formation

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation...
September 1, 2022
Diamond rain formation
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SARS-CoV-2 Mpro

September 2, 2022
This image shows how SARS-CoV-2 Mpro recognizes and cuts NEMO based on the crystal structure determined using a powerful X-ray beam at SSRL Beam Line 12-2. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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LZ xenon purification

Xenon purification system at SLAC. The two central columns are each filled with almost half a ton of charcoal, which is used to produce...

September 14, 2022
A collection of pipes, towers, and other equipment
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How krypton is removed from xenon gas

This animation shows how krypton (red) is removed from xenon gas (blue) by flowing the combined gases through a column...
September 14, 2022
A blue cloud with red spots travels downward, passing gray spots. As it does, the red spots move downward faster.
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SLAC Main Quad

From the SLAC main quad, the Science and User Support Building and the Arrillaga Science Center.

September 21, 2022
SLAC main quad, with the Science and User Support Building and the Arrillaga Science Center