The Groundbreaking Tech of Molecular Mapping: X-ray Crystallography#science #biology

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In 1957, an imaging technique called X-ray crystallography gave scientists their first detailed look at a protein’s structure, unlocking a hidden world of biology. Since then, it’s become an essential tool for mapping the 3D structure of hundreds of thousands of proteins—many of which are now stored in the Protein Data Bank. Watch the related video "How AI Cracked the Protein Folding Code and Won a Nobel Prize" - https://youtu.be/cx7l9ZGFZkw -------- Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. We focus on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences. READ free math and science articles on the Quanta website: www.quantamagazine.org LEARN about the Simons Foundation: www.simonsfoundation.org FOLLOW our social channels: - Instagram: quantamag - Bluesky: @quantamagazine.bsky.social‬ - Facebook: quantanews - X: quantamagazine

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