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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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Daniel Ratner, head of SLAC’s machine learning initiative, explains the lab’s unique opportunities to advance scientific discovery through machine learning.

Physicist Daniel Ratner.
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They found that gently heating N95 masks in high relative humidity could inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus trapped within the masks, without degrading the masks’ performance.

Medical workers donning personal protective equipment
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recognizes his contributions to developing electron beams that power unique ‘electron cameras’ and could advance X-ray lasers.

Xijie Wang
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It uses terahertz radiation to power a miniscule copper accelerator structure.

Terahertz accelerator structure
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Using SLAC’s synchrotron, Summers improves fundamental knowledge of the role of copper in the brain and investigates treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Kelly Summer portrait
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The honor recognizes his research on technologies for removing toxic chemicals from water.

Arsenic water research at SSRL
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This leap in capability will allow scientists to investigate quantum and chemical systems more directly than ever before.

SXU
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Researchers demonstrate a new ability to drive and track electronic motion, which is crucial to understanding the role of electrons in chemical processes and...

attoseconds
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The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

LSSTCam Focal Plane Header
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University of Alberta researchers worked with SLAC X-ray scientists to explore the potential of a feline coronavirus drug that may be effective against SARS-CoV-2.

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Q-NEXT will tackle next-generation quantum science challenges through a public-private partnership, ensuring U.S. leadership in an economically crucial arena.

QIS public-private partnership.
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Their work uses machine learning to transform the way scientists tune particle accelerators for experiments and solve longstanding mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.

Portraits of Auralee Edelen and Kimmy Wu