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SubscribeWorld's first hard X-ray free-electron laser images intact viruses
X-ray diffraction pattern of a single Mimivirus particle imaged at the LCLS (Image courtesy Tomas Ekeberg, Uppsala University.)
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An international team of scientists has obtained the world’s first single-shot images of intact viruses – a technology that could ultimately lead to moving video of molecules, viruses and live microbes. The team was also able to successfully utilize a new shortcut for determining the 3D structures of proteins. Both advances were achieved using the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser – the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) – which scientists hope could revolutionize the study of life.
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