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May 16, 2013

SLAC Physicists Help Design, Build Cargo X-ray Scanners

Two SLAC physicists with decades of particle accelerator experience helped a Silicon Valley company design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for nuclear ...

Photo - Juwen Wang, left, and Roger Miller. (Credit: SLAC Multimedia Communications)
May 14, 2013

3 SLAC Scientists Receive DOE 'Early Career' Grants

Three SLAC scientists will receive Early Career Research Program grants from the U.S. Department of Energy for research to boost the peak power of ...

Photos - From left, Thomas Bligaard, Stefan Hoeche and Juhao Wu. (Credits: Matt Beardsley, Juhao Wu)
May 9, 2013

X-ray Laser Brings Cellular Messengers into Focus

Last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry – shared by Stanford School of Medicine Professor Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University – recognized

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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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