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Pseudo-Single-Bunch Expands Experimental Scope
Initial tests of a new pseudo-single-bunch (PSB) operational mode at the ALS have shown promising results—PSB would vastly expand the facility’s capacity to carry out dynamics and time-of-flight...
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Learning from Roman Seawater Concrete
Analyses of ancient concrete samples pinpointed why the best Roman concrete was superior to most modern concrete in durability, why its manufacture was less environmentally damaging, and how these...
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New Research on Jamming Behavior Expands Understanding
Recent ALS research has revealed that even magnetic domains behave very much like other granular material systems, and their dynamical behavior mimics the universal characteristics of several jammed...
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The Molecular Ingenuity of a Unique Fish Scale
ALS research has shown how the scales of a freshwater fish found in the Amazon Basin can literally re-orient themselves in real time to resist force, in essence creating an adaptable body armor.
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New Spectroscopic Technique Reveals the Dynamics of Operating Battery Electrodes
Researchers at the ALS have developed a new technique based on soft x-ray spectroscopy that could help scientists better understand and improve the materials required for high-performance lithium-ion...
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Ultrafast Transformations in Superionic Nanocrystals
Ultrafast x-ray studies reveal how superionic nanocrystals transform into the conducting phase, with the transformation time set by the speed limit for ions hopping through the lattice. Such materials...
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High-Pressure MOF Research Yields Structural Insights
Metal-organic frameworks have shown promise in a variety of applications ranging from gas storage to ion exchange. Accurate structural knowledge is key to the understanding of the applicability of...
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Twist Solves Bilayer Graphene Mystery
Researchers have discovered a new twist to the story of bilayer graphene, solving a mystery that has held back device development. In stacking graphene monolayers, subtle misalignments create an almost...
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ALS Capabilities Reveal How Like Can Attract Like
Berkeley Lab researchers working at the ALS have observed an unusual pairing that seems to go against a universal scientific truth—that opposite charges attract and like charges repel. The researchers...
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Research Finds Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Bone Quality
A team of researchers working at the ALS has found that vitamin D deficiency plays a significant role in the bone-aging process, reducing bone quality and increasing fracture susceptibility.
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Evidence for a Weak Iron Core at Earth's Center
High-pressure x-ray spectroscopy and diffraction provide new evidence that the solid iron core at the center of the Earth is more malleable than previously thought. This weakness could explain how the...
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New ALS Technique Gives Nanoscale Views of Complex Systems
ALS researchers recently developed a broadband imaging technique that looks inside the mesoscale realm with unprecedented sensitivity and range. The new technique, called Synchrotron Infrared...
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Covalent Bonding in Actinide Sandwich Molecules
STXM studies have revealed unexpected bonding interactions in two key organometallic actinide "sandwich" complexes, which are vital as industrial or bioinorganic catalysts and as precursors for...
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ALS Capabilities Reveal Multiple Functions of Ebola Virus
Researchers at the ALS have demonstrated that a protein of Ebola virus, termed VP40, undergoes dramatic refolding rearrangements to achieve three entirely different structures for three entirely...
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An Inside Look at a MOF in Action
Researchers have recorded the first in situ electronic-structure observations of the adsorption of carbon dioxide inside Mg-MOF-74, an open-metal-site MOF that has emerged as one of the most promising...
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Graphene’s 3D Counterpart
ALS researchers have discovered a material that is essentially a 3D version of graphene—the 2D sheets of carbon through which electrons race at many times the speed at which they move through silicon....
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Intriguing DNA Editor Has a Structural Trigger
The molecular structures of two proteins from a family of genome-editing enzymes reveal how they target and cleave DNA. The results point the way to the rational design of new and improved versions of...
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Infrared Mapping Helps Optimize Catalytic Reactions
A pathway to more effective and efficient synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other flow-reactor chemical products has been opened by a study in which, for the first time, the catalytic reactivity inside...
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Iron is the Key to Preserving Dinosaur Soft Tissue
Researchers studying organic material from dinosaur bones have been able to show that the samples contained original soft tissue material from Mesozoic dinosaurs. The x-ray techniques at the ALS were...
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Validating Computer-Designed Proteins for Vaccines
Computationally designed proteins that accurately mimic key viral structures can help produce better vaccines. The resulting protein structures, validated at the ALS, encourage the further development...
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