Topic: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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SSRL’s X-rays uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, allowing the hidden text to be read for the...

X-ray of ancient medical manuscript at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).

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Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

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Roberto Alonso Mori (right) and Dimosthenis Sokaras work on a spectrometer at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

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Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

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Sunrise timelapse of SSRL (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource)

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Jeney Wierman stands in the control room of SSRL. She, along with other members of the Structural Molecular Biology team...

Jeney Wierman of SLAC’s Structural Molecular Biology team

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The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

A three-dimensional structure of the soil virus AMG product, an enzyme known as a chitosanase.

News Brief

Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials...

Fan wins this year's Klein award from SSRL.

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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.

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

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Spiraling laser light reveals how topological insulators lose their ability to conduct electric current on their surfaces.

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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An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

SSRL’s X-rays uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, allowing the hidden text to be read for the first time in a thousand years.

Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

Roberto Alonso Mori (right) and Dimosthenis Sokaras work on a spectrometer at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Sunrise timelapse of SSRL (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource)

Jeney Wierman stands in the control room of SSRL. She, along with other members of the Structural Molecular Biology team, returned onsite when SLAC reopened for Covid-19 related research. They support three beamlines, 12-1, 12-2 and 9-2, which are dedicated...

The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials flow in and out of cells.

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.

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

Spiraling laser light reveals how topological insulators lose their ability to conduct electric current on their surfaces.

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by a new generation of scientific projects.

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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

X-ray of ancient medical manuscript

Cryo-EM and SSRL workshop

SSRL spectrometer

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Sunrise timelapse of SSRL

Jeney Wierman at SSRL

Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

Exploring quantum electron highways with laser light

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

X-ray of ancient medical manuscript

Cryo-EM and SSRL workshop

SSRL spectrometer

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Sunrise timelapse of SSRL

Jeney Wierman at SSRL

Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

Exploring quantum electron highways with laser light

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future