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May 23, 2013

SUNCAT Director Awarded Danish Medal

Jens Nørskov, director of SLAC's SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, has received the G.A. Hagemann Gold Medal for engineering scientific research from ...

Photo - Jens Nørskov receives award from Anders Bjarklev
May 22, 2013

SLAC Study Reveals Active Site of Enzyme Linked to Stuttering

Scientists from the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have determined the 3-D structure of the chemically active part of ...

Image - Human uncovering enzyme with microbial counterpart
May 21, 2013

KIPAC Theorists Weigh In on Where to Hunt Dark Matter

Now that it looks like the hunt for the Higgs boson is over, particles of dark matter are at the top of the physics "Most ...

Photo - KIPAC theorists (l to r) Louis Strigari, Risa Wechsler and Yao-Yuan Mao. (Credit: Luis Fernandez.)
PRESS RELEASES
April 24, 2013

New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Energy Power the Grid

Menlo Park, Calif. — Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery ...

Photo of battery demonstration, a flask half-full of liquid lighting an LED
March 14, 2013

Breakthrough Research Shows Chemical Reaction in Real Time

Menlo Park, Calif. — The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, ...

Artist rendition: molecules react with the surface of a catalyst in real time
February 14, 2013

Proof: Cosmic Rays Come from Exploding Stars

Menlo Park, Calif. — A new study confirms what scientists have long suspected: Cosmic rays – energetic particles that pelt Earth from all directions – ...

Artist's rendition of a supernova shock wave
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