Serena DeBeer, Michael Roemelt and Frank Neese, Max Planck Institute (IMAGE)

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Serena DeBeer, Michael Roemelt and Frank Neese, Max Planck Institute

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This is Serena DeBeer, Michael Roemelt and Frank Neese of the Max Planck Institute. The three are among the authors on a Nov. 18 Science paper identifying a key atom inside the nitrogenase enzyme, which converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form that living things can use. The team made the discovery using the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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