2010 SSRL Science Highlights
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December 2010
Electrochemical Surface Science: Hard X-rays Probe Fuel Cell Model Catalyst in situ |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — A new, more powerful way to probe the behavior of a key component in hydrogen fuel cells | |
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December 2010
Synchrotron X-ray Analysis Demonstrate Phosphate-Bound Gadolinium in Skin in Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Chemical evidence suggests an MRI contrast agent may cause some patients to become ill | |
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December 2010
A Bacterium that can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus |
| [html] [pdf] [press release] — Researchers discover first organism that uses arsenic instead of phosphorus to grow | |
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December 2010
Carbon's Magnetic Personality: Persistent, but Only Skin-deep |
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November 2010
Defining the Processes Controlling Arsenic Uptake by Rice (Oryza sativa L.) |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — A natural iron coating around the roots of rice plants may be a less effective a barrier to arsenic contamination than previously thought | |
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November 2010
Spotting Disease Hot Spots in Ryanodine Receptors |
| [html] [pdf] [SLAC press release] — X-rays offer first detailed look at hotspots for calcium-related disease | |
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October 2010
Highly Sensitive Flexible Pressure Sensors with Micro-structured Rubber Dielectric Layers |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Grasping electronic skin | |
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October 2010
Structure of a Cation-bound Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion Transporter |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — A close look at an important multidrug transporter | |
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September 2010
Differential Encoding Brings Higher Resolution to X-ray Lensless Holography |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Sharpening the corners for higher resolution | |
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September 2010
Structures of Two Semaphorin-Plexin Complexes Reveal a Basis for Repulsive Guidance Cue Recognition and Viral Mimicry |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — A receptor, a signaling protein, and a viral mimic | |
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August 2010
Unconventional Face-On Texture and Exceptional In-Plane Order of a High Mobility n-Type Polymer |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Solving a pi-stacking puzzle | |
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August 2010
New State of Topological Insulators Offers New Opportunities |
| [html] [pdf] [SLAC Today article] — Three dimensional topological insulators are a new state of quantum matter with a bulk gap and odd number of relativistic Dirac fermions on the surface | |
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August 2010
New Solar Energy Conversion Process Discovered by Stanford/SLAC Engineers Could Revamp Solar Power Production |
| [Stanford Report article] — Unlike photovoltaic technology currently used in solar panels, the new process excels at higher temperatures | |
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July 2010
Crystallographic Studies of CO to CO2 Interconversion in a Ni-Fe-S Cluster-containing Metalloenzyme |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — How microbes fight global warming | |
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July 2010
How were Lekythoi used in Ancient Greek Funeral Practices? |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Modern science uncovers ancient beliefs | |
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June 2010
Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies Revealed Three Kinetic Stages of a T=4 Virus Maturation |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Watching a ripening virus | |
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June 2010
3D View Inside the Skeleton with X-ray Microscopy: Imaging Bone at the Nanoscale |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Bone structure at the nanoscale | |
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June 2010
Fragment Screen against HIV Protease: Discovery of Two Allosteric Binding Sites |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — High-throughput screening of HIV drugs | |
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May 2010
Archaeopteryx Feathers and Bone Chemistry Fully Revealed via Synchrotron Imaging |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Fossil analysis reveals ancient chemistry | |
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May 2010
Structural Basis of Pre-existing Immunity to the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Virus |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Similarity of swine flu structure to a WWI era virus | |
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May 2010
Research Sheds Light on Workings of Anti-cancer Drug |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Disarming copper, a surprising structure | |
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April 2010
Assembly and Evolution of Complex Fe-S Clusters as Revealed by X-ray Crystallography |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — How to make hydrogen | |
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April 2010
Particle-hole Symmetry Broken Pseudogap in High Temperature Superconductors |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Electrons misbehaving in the pseudogap | |
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April 2010
Reducing Fuel Cell Costs by Changing the Structure and Reactivity of Platinum |
| [summary] — Increasing platinum's reactivity brings fuel cells closer to reality | |
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March 2010
Researchers Directly Observe Oxygen Signature from the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosynthesis |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Directly observing oxygen where it is made | |
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March 2010
Deadly Carcinogen Unraveled: The Molecular Origami of Fungal Polyketides |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — How to fold fungal toxins | |
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February 2010
The New Face of Protein-bound Copper: The Type Zero Copper Site |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — The new face of protein-bound copper | |
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February 2010
Microbial Life on the Seafloor: Where's the Energy? |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Microbial life on the seafloor: Where's the energy? | |
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January 2010
Crystal Structure of the Hexameric Assembly Unit of the HIV Capsid |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Cracking HIV's shell | |
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January 2010
In Situ and Ex Situ Studies of Platinum Nanocrystals: Growth and Evolution in Solution |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — Watching shape-shiftng nanocrystals | |
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January 2010
Molecular Mimicry of SUMO by Rad60 Helps Protect the Genome from Toxic Stress |
| [html] [pdf] [summary] — SUMO-like domains defending our DNA | |
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