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SLAC and Stanford Open One of World's Most Advanced Facilities for Cryo-EM
The new facility provides revolutionary tools for exploring tiny biological machines, from viral particles to the interior of the cell.
Scientists Catch Light Squeezing and Stretching Next-Gen Data Storage Material
Combining X-ray and electron data from two cutting-edge SLAC instruments, researchers make the first observation of the rapid atomic response of iron-platinum nanoparticles to light. The results could help develop ways to manipulate and control future magnetic data storage devices.
Major Technology Developments Boost LCLS X-Ray Laser’s Discovery Power
Innovations at SLAC, including the world’s shortest X-ray flashes, ultra-high-speed pulse trains and smart computer controls, promise to take ultrafast X-ray science to a whole new level.
Photos: Prototype of LZ Dark Matter Experiment Gets More Sensitive ‘Eye’
System tests at SLAC continue with 32 light sensors - up from a single one - in a small-scale version of the future experiment, which will use nearly 500 of them.
Symmetry: A Radio for Dark Matter
Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.
SLAC Invention Could Lead to Novel Terahertz Light Sources That Help Us See the World with Different Eyes
A new device could open new avenues for the generation of high-frequency radiation with applications in science, radar, communications, security and medical imaging.
Scientists Watch ‘Artificial Atoms’ Assemble into Perfect Lattices with Many Uses
A serendipitous discovery lets researchers spy on this self-assembly process for the first time with SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron. What they learn will help them fine-tune precision materials for electronics, catalysis and more.
Discovery Could Lead to Sustainable Ethanol Made from Carbon Dioxide
A recent discovery by scientists from the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis could lead to a new, more sustainable way to make ethanol without corn or other crops.
New Research Finds a Missing Piece to High-Temperature Superconductor Mystery
Propagating “charge density wave” fluctuations are seen in superconducting copper oxides for the first time.
Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Boost the Performance of a Key Industrial Catalyst
A tiny amount of squeezing or stretching can produce a big boost in catalytic performance, according to a new study led by scientists at Stanford and SLAC.
