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Turning CO2 into things we need
What would it take to turn the climate-changing gas into valuable products on an industrial scale?
Illustration of process to turn CO2 into valuable products
SLAC's summer of science
From middle schoolers to grad students, more than 300 people were introduced to real-world science, technology, engineering and math.
Two students working on project at SLAC summer science camp
A new superconductor family
The first nickel oxide superconductor could topple theories of how these materials work
Illustration of 'Jenga chemistry' used to make nickelate superconductor
Charge stripes
Two studies could lead to a new understanding of how high-temperature superconductors operate
fluctuating charge stripes

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Xinru Wang wins 2019 Klein Award for research on cell signaling in enzymes
Using SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron SSRL, Wang improves fundamental knowledge about how cells communicate, which could enable the development of more effective drugs.
Xinru Wang
Coating developed by Stanford, SLAC researchers brings lithium metal battery closer to reality
The coating significantly extends the battery's life and reduces the problems that cause batteries...
Stanford PhD students David Mackanic, left, and Zhiao Yu with their battery tester
A million pulses per second: How particle accelerators are powering X-ray lasers
The next revolutionary X-ray laser in a class of its own, LCLS-II, is under construction at SLAC,...
How the catalytic converters in cars go bad and why it matters
A new way to arrange the hard-working atoms in this part of an exhaust system could lower the cost...
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SLAC IN THE NEWS

A (very) close look at carbon capture and storage
IEEE Spectrum
Dark matter might be 1,000 times less likely to interact with regular matter
IFLScience
Seeing red in the fossil record
The New York TImes
Stanford scientists created a sound so loud it instantly boils water
CNET
How A.I. can help handle severe weather
The New York Times
Q&A: Herman Winick, accelerator physicist and human rights activist
Physics Today

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Super-Human Operator: Controlling Accelerators with Machine Learning. October 1, 2019, presented by Auralee Edelen