Topic: X-ray light sources and electron imaging | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step...

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Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

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Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

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Our original 2-mile-long particle accelerator, built half a century ago for groundbreaking particle physics research, has been repurposed as the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser and a testbed for next-generation accelerator technologies.

Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.

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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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Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.

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Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel

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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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Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

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LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins.

Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.

Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

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...

Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.

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.

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins.

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Dominique White inspects a cryomodule delivered

Cryo-EM and SSRL workshop

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

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Jeney Wierman at SSRL

“Supercharging” atoms with X-ray laser

Cryomodule installation

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

Chemical reaction

Dominique White inspects a cryomodule delivered

Cryo-EM and SSRL workshop

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Scientific facilities

Jeney Wierman at SSRL

“Supercharging” atoms with X-ray laser

Cryomodule installation

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins