Scientists Take First X-ray Portraits of Living Cyanobacteria at the LCLS (VIDEO)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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This video describes cyanobacteria, which dramatically altered the planet's atmosphere billions of years ago, and shows how researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden captured the first X-ray portraits of living cyanobacteria using SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source.

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