Science Highlights

Approximately 1,700 scientists visit SSRL annually to conduct experiments in broad disciplines including life sciences, materials, environmental science, and accelerator physics. Science highlights featured here and in our monthly newsletter, Headlines, increase the visibility of user science as well as the important contribution of SSRL in facilitating basic and applied scientific research. Many of these scientific highlights have been included in reports to funding agencies and have been picked up by other media. Users are strongly encouraged to contact us when exciting results are about to be published. We can work with users and the SLAC Office of Communication to develop the story and to communicate user research findings to a much broader audience. 

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Cooperation of Rab and Arl GTPase Family Members in Localization of the Golgin GCC185

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The Structures of Synaptic Cell Adhesion Proteins Neuroligin-1 in Isolation and in Complex with Neurexin-1b Reveal Specific Protein-Protein and Protein-Ca2+ Interactions

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Structure of a Thiol Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticle at 1.1 Å Resolution

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Bridging the Gaps of High-Tc Superconductor

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Solvent Tuning of Properties of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Proteins

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Proteins containing iron-sulfur clusters are ubiquitous in nature and catalyze one-electron transfer processes.

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MitoNEET is a Uniquely Folded Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Stabilized by Diabetes Drugs

MitoNEET structure
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Femtosecond Time-Delay X-ray Holography

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Synaptic Arrangement of the Neuroligin/b-Neurexin Complex Revealed by X-ray and Neutron Scattering

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Mercury Speciation in Piscivorous Fish from Mining-impacted Reservoirs

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Mercury toxicity is an environmental concern in diverse aquatic systems because methylmercury enters the water column in a number of ways and then biomagnifies through food webs.

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Understanding the Deformation and Fracture of Nitinol Endovascular Stents Using In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction

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Endovascular stents made from superelastic Nitinol are a major component in the fight against heart disease.

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