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X-ray light sources and electron imaging are advanced techniques used to study the structure and properties of materials. X-ray light sources use high-energy photons to produce X-rays, while electron imaging uses high-energy electrons to produce detailed images of samples. 

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Learn about X-ray detectors from Gabriella Cabrini, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source.

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Accelerator physicist Agostino Marinelli discusses how SLAC's X-ray laser makes femtosecond light.

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Ryan Coffee, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source, explains in a video interview.

Ryan Coffee
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Physicist Phil Bucksbaum gives a brief introduction to Femtosecond Week at SLAC.

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SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.

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Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.

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The study at SLAC’s X-ray laser was a step toward understanding how DNA defends itself from breakage and potential mutations.

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X-ray studies have produced surprising insights into the workings of a hormone receptor associated with blood pressure regulation that could be a target for...

Powerful X-rays reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors.
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Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have identified active carbon catalysts and developed an electrochemical cell designed to purify water in small villages.

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Paving the way for flexible electronics, engineers have developed a plastic electrode that stretches like rubber but carries electricity like wires.

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A new paper describes a way to fabricate glasses that can correct X-ray focusing problems at synchrotrons and X-ray lasers.

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Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.