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A laser phase plate images half the proteins running life inside cells

development2026-06-12

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A Biohub-Berkeley laser phase plate, a beam 100 million times brighter than the Sun's surface, sharpened cryo-EM enough to image over half the proteins running life inside intact cells.

Reported metric: 100M x solar brightness

Reporting date: 2026-06-12 (not necessarily the event date)

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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

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A laser phase plate images half the proteins running life inside cells
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Reporting date: 2026-06-12
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-12-a-beam-a-hundred-million-times-brighter-than-the-sun
Claim: A Biohub-Berkeley laser phase plate, a beam 100 million times brighter than the Sun's surface, sharpened cryo-EM enough to image over half the proteins running life inside intact cells.
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- Welcome to June 12, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-12-2026
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