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X-ray studies at SLAC facilities help scientists understand the fundamental workings of nature by probing matter in atomic detail.

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Giant Virus, Tiny Protein Crystals Show X-ray Laser's Power and Potential

Two studies to be published February 3 in Nature demonstrate how the unique capabilities of the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser—the Linac Coherent...

February 3, 2011  ·  8 min read
Mimivirus X-ray Diffraction Pattern
Past Event
Public Lectures

How Plants Do it: Light, Oxygen, Action!

Plants have been doing it with ease for millions of years, and yet science has yet to fully comprehend how: Photosynthesis. It's a fundamental...
Date Tuesday, August 26, 2008
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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