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Aerial view of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
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SLAC study shows the so-called ‘pseudogap’ hoards electrons that otherwise might pair up to carry current through a material with 100 percent efficiency.

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Understanding details of a flu antibody offers new insight for future structure-based drug discovery and novel avenues for designing vaccines.

A false color image of an influenza virus particle
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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are combining the speed and precision of robots with one of the brightest X-ray...

This illustration shows the components in an experimental setup used in crystallography experiments at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser.
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More than a dozen energy-storage companies have streamlined access to research facilities and expertise at SLAC under a new cooperative R&D agreement with CalCharge.

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A study at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory suggests for the first time how scientists might deliberately engineer superconductors that work...

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When Chinese workers searching for water found the famous Terracotta Warriors instead, they brought to light a scientific mystery.

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Scientists at Genentech and SLAC have watched a key human protein change from a form that protects cells to one that kills them, providing...

The structure of cellular inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein 1
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Four-day Event Includes Presentations by Nobel Prize Winners, Other Science Luminaries

Image - SLAC Director Chi-Chang Kao discusses the lab's strategic plan during the LCLS/SSRL Annual Users' Meeting and Workshops. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Annual Award Recognizes Behind-the-scenes Work in Assisting X-ray Experiments

Image - Bart Johnson of SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource is congratulated by X-ray science luminary Farrel W. Lytle after receiving an annual award. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Discovery at SLAC's Synchrotron Could Lead to New Drug Designs, Treatments

Image - In this rendering, the structure of the nuclear receptor transcription factor Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SF-1, shown in gray) is bound by the signaling phospholipid referred to as "PIP3" (blue and red). (Raymond Blind/UCSF)
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SSRL protein crystallography expert joined research effort that could lead to a safe and effective alternative to chemotherapy.

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System Studied at SLAC's Synchrotron Mimics Steps in Photosynthesis

Image - This illustration of a model molecular complex mimics the final step in the cycle of photosynthesis: oxygen release.