Investigating the detailed structure of large biomolecules with a non-damaging X-ray technique

Biological molecules such as proteins can contain hundreds of thousands of atoms, which makes it very difficult to understand their function in detail. Identifying the exact atomic structure of these complex molecules is essential for biological studies and drug discovery, but the high-intensity x-ray beams needed to study them inevitably cause significant radiation damage to the molecules being investigated.

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