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X-rays used to reveal secrets of famous fossil
Feb 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur on its way to becoming a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilized in limestone.
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Researchers Reveal Structure of Key Genetic Proofreading Protein
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature might abhor a vacuum, but it loves a backup plan. In living organisms, physiological systems are kept under tight control by hierarchies of organic safety catches and emergency releases, ...
Genetic switch potential key to new class of antibiotics
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Researchers have determined the structure of a key genetic mechanism at work in bacteria, including some that are deadly to humans, in an important step toward the design of a new class of antibiotics, according to an accelerated ...
Darwin's Dinobird Fossil Analyzed at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A keystone of evolutionary history, the Thermopolis Archaeopteryx fossil, has come to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to undergo a revolutionary ...
Free Electron Lasers and You: An LCLS Primer
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a few short months, the Linac Coherent Light Source will start operation as the world's first hard X-ray free electron laser, pushing SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to the frontier ...
Faster than a Speeding Bubble
Apr 30, 2008 |
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What do melting chocolate and bubbles in a champagne glass have in common? Besides being treats one might sample at a sophisticated soiree, they are both handy examples of first-order phase transitions in ...
The March of the Carbon Nanotubes
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have surpassed by a surprising margin the Department of Energy's goal for storing hydrogen within a unique material called carbon nanotubes. The ...
SSRL Beamline 13 Achieves First Light
Feb 29, 2008 |
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On February 14, the first light shone into the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory's newest beamline. Beamline 13, which has been under construction for the past two years, will allow new types of soft ...
Dino Team Returns to SSRL
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 11, 2008 |
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The experimental hutches at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory are well familiar with a macabre tide of materials brought in for close investigation. A recent tally includes ancient parchment texts, ...
How Cagey Electrons Keep Hydrated
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Water, despite its essential role in nature, remains a deeply mysterious substance. A long list of water's unusual properties tantalizes researchers even today, and scientists at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation ...
Protecting Future Hard Drives
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The newest iPod can store every episode of The Simpsons that ever aired and still fit into an Altoids can—and the next version will hold more data in an even tinier package. Consumers have a voracious appetite ...
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