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Archived Science Highlights

Highlights posted before the year 2000

Biological Sciences

Solving the Ribosome Puzzle (12/99)

Clathrin Structure Reveals Motifs for Self-Assembly (9/99)

First Protein Structure of a Key Molecular Engine (7/99)

Structural Genomics of M. Jannaschii (3/99)

 
Polymers and Soft Matter

Polymers in Confined Geometries (5/99)

Dynamic Scattering of Coherent Soft X Rays (4/99)

 
Atomic and Molecular Physics

Symmetry Resolution Yields Evidence for Shape Resonance (10/99)

Angle-Resolved 2-D Spectra Highlight Spin-Orbit Effects (2/99)

Ethene Spectrum Measured at Fundamental Limits of Resolution (4/98)

Doubly Excited Lithium (11/95)

 
Chemical Dynamics

Dynamics of Pentane and Propane Metathesis Reactions (1/99)

The Inside Story on Oxygen (12/97)

 
Instrumentation

Femtosecond X Rays Generated at Beam Test Facility (2/97)

 
Earth and Environmental Science

Microbial Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium (8/99)

 

 


Semiconductors

A Step Toward Inexpensive, Efficient Solar Cells (11/97)

Femtosecond Structural Dynamics Observed in Semiconductor Crystals (9/99)

 
Magnetism

First X-Ray Microscope Images with Clear Antiferromagnetic Contrast (11/99)

Quantum Well States in Copper Thin Films (6/99)

X-Ray Resonant Scattering from Magnetic Multilayers (11/98)

Quantum Interference Observed in Thin Films (9/98)

Magnetic Phase Transitions Probed with Spin-Polarized Photoelectron Diffraction (10/96)

Fluorescence Study of Iron Silicide Multilayer (3/96)

 
Optics

New Measurements of Scattering from Multilayer Mirrors (2/98)

 
Complex Materials

X-Ray Raman Scattering Establishes HTSC Energy Scales (12/98)

Site-Selective Spectroscopy of Strontium Ruthenate with Soft X-Ray Emission (5/98)

Experiment Verifies Quasi-Particle Model for Diamond (6/97)

 
Surfaces and Interfaces

Surface Alloy Structure Determined Using Photoelectron Diffraction and Holography (5/97)

 
ALS Events

Synchrotron Radiation Turns the Big Five-O (4/97)

 

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