Upon entry into operation, the Manac\u00e1 beamline at the Sirius laboratory was directed at crystals of the 3CL protein, part of the mechanism by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus multiplies. Inside a droplet held by a loop attached to the device, the crystal measures one tenth of the thickness of a strand of hair. The way the molecules scatter the beam of light gives researchers a snapshot of the three-dimensional structure of the protein that the tiny crystal is made of. In this case, the device was merely being tested: the molecule\u2019s structure was already known. But the positive result has opened up Brazil\u2019s largest laboratory to external experiments.<\/p>\n
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