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User Science Highlights

(see also: Highlights listed by Date)
Biological and Life Sciences
A New Groove for the Helix-Turn-Helix Motif: Crystal Structures of the Human DNA Repair Protein AGT Bound to DNA Sep 2004
Side-on Cu-Nitrosyl Coordination by Nitrite Reductase Sep 2004
Resurrecting the Dead - Structural Analysis of Hemagglutinin from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Strain Aug 2004
Understanding the Role of Thiolate Ligation in Nature's Hydroxylating Heme Enzymes Aug 2004
Crystal Structures of Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor Bound to an Optimized Substrate and Candidate Small Molecule Inhibitors Jun 2004
Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Apr 2004
The Crystal Structure of a-Thrombin in Complex with Platelet Glycoprotein (GP) Iba Jan 2004
Structure of Actin Cross-linked with a-Actinin: A Network of Bundles Dec 2003
Converting Methane to Methanol: Structural Insight into the Reaction Center of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase Oct 2003
Crystal Structures of Mammalian Carboxylesterases and Their Function in Drug and Xenobiotic Metabolism Aug 2003
Structural Genomics Identify Thymidylate Synthase Complementing Protein as a Novel Antibacterial Drug Target Jul 2003
A New Look at Biological Electron Transfer: Electronic Relaxation in Rubredoxins Jun 2003
Structure of the Specificity Domain of Bacterial RNase P Apr 2003
Exploring the Folding Landscape of a Structured RNA by SAXS Mar 2003
Enabling New Science with Advanced Beam Line Control and the Quantum-315 CCD Detector: The Ultra-High Resolution Structure of Nitrogenase MoFe-Protein Sep 2002
ABC Transporter Architecture and Mechanism Aug 2002
Plants with the Midas Touch: Formation of Gold Nanoparticles by Alfalfa Plants Jul 2002
Towards Understanding Anthrax: Structural Basis of Target Recognition by Anthrax Lethal Factor Apr 2002
Can Sulfur Spectroscopy Save the 17th-Century Warship Vasa? Feb 2002
Bacterial Sulfur Storage Globules Jan 2002
X-ray Crystal Structure of a Bacterial ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Determined at 4.5 Å Oct 2001
3D Structures of Biomolecules Aug 2001
Concerted Allosteric Transition May 2001
Structure of RNA Polymerase II Apr 2001
Materials
Nanoparticles: Strained and Stiff Jul 2004
Remembrance of Things Past Jul 2004
Synchrotron Mesodiffraction: A Tool for Understanding Turbine Engine Foreign Object Damage Sep 2003
Tailoring Plastics at the Molecular Level for Cost and Environmental Benefits in Industrial Processing Feb 2003
The Role of Surface X-ray Scattering in Electrocatalysis Jan 2003
Looking at Trace Impurities on Silicon Wafers Using Synchrotron Radiation Dec 2002
Towards the Chemically Specific Structure of Amorphous Materials: Anomalous X-ray Scattering from a Molybdenum-Germanium Alloy Nov 2002
Order-Parameter Criticality of Random-Field Ising Antiferromagnet Measured Using the New SSRL High-Field Magnet Facility Oct 2002
Solving a Forefront Problem in Materials Science: The Magnetic and Chemical Structure of a Buried Interface Dec 2001
Nature of Charge Order in the Layered Manganite La1-xSr1+ xMnO4 Sep 2001
High Tc Superconductivity Jul 2001
Flat Panel Displays Jun 2001
Molecular Environmental Science
Chromium Speciation and Mobility in a High Level Nuclear Waste Vadose Zone Plume Mar 2004
Remediation of Uranium-Contaminated Ground Water at Fry Canyon, Utah Nov 2003
Fate and Stability of Cr Following Reduction by Microbially Generated Fe(II) May 2003
SSRL Studies Aid Environmental Cleanup at Rocky Flats May 2002
Formation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Weathering Plant Material Mar 2002
Interaction of Toxic Metals with Complex Biofilm/Mineral/Solution Interfaces Nov 2001
Accelerator Physics
The Emittance Spoiler Foil: A Simple Method to Produce Femtosecond and Sub-Femtosecond X-ray Pulses from a SASE-Based Free-Electron Laser Feb 2004
VISA: A Milestone on the Path Towards X-Ray Free Electron Lasers Jun 2002
 
Content Owner: Science Highlights Committee Page Editor: Lisa Dunn
 Last Edited: 27 SEP 2004