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Harker School Wins Second Consecutive SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl
Two dozen teams competed for a chance to go to the Nationals, and 60 trained volunteers worked to make the regional contest happen.
Magnetic Trick Triples the Power of SLAC’s X-Ray Laser
The new technique will allow researchers to observe ultrafast chemical processes previously undetectable at the atomic scale.
SLAC Scientists Investigate How Metal 3-D Printing Can Avoid Producing Flawed Parts
The goal of these X-ray studies is to find ways to improve manufacturing of specialized metal parts for the aerospace, aircraft, automotive and healthcare industries.
Berkeley Lab: Berkeley Lab Delivers Injector That Will Drive X-Ray Laser Upgrade
Unique device will create bunches of electrons to stimulate million-per-second X-ray pulses for LCLS-II.
Q&A: Sam Webb Teaches X-Ray Science from a Remote Classroom
The staff scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource discusses his research and teaching, which includes training an international group of students to conduct geobiology experiments at the synchrotron from an island about 350 miles away.
Symmetry: Machine Evolution
Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.
Scientists Discover Path to Improving Game-Changing Battery Electrode
They created a comprehensive picture of how the same chemical processes that give these cathodes their high capacity are also linked to changes in atomic structure that sap performance.
Social Media: Highlights from Six Months of LCLS Experiments
Here's a glimpse of what we've been up to during the last experimental run – from June to November 2017 – at the Linac Coherent Light Source.
Study Confirms that Cuprate Materials Have Fluctuating Stripes that May Be Linked to High-temperature Superconductivity
These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical transmission nearly 100 percent efficient.
Symmetry: Putting the Puzzle Together
Successful physics collaborations rely on cooperation between people from many different disciplines.
