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Agreement Gives Energy Storage Companies Easier Access to SLAC
More than a dozen energy-storage companies have streamlined access to research facilities and expertise at SLAC under a new cooperative R&D agreement with CalCharge.
Public Lecture Video - 'Quantum CSI: Profiling Molecules with X-rays'
In this lecture, SLAC’s Ryan Coffee explains how researchers are beginning to use pattern recognition and machine learning to study chemical reactions at the level of atoms and molecules with the LCLS X-ray laser.
SLAC X-ray Laser Brings Key Cell Structures into Focus
Scientists have used SLAC’s X-ray laser to produce detailed images of tiny cellular structures that play a major role in Earth’s life-sustaining carbon cycle.
SUNCAT Director Jens Nørskov Awarded 2015 Langmuir Prize
The SLAC and Stanford professor and SUNCAT director is being honored for groundbreaking work in catalysis, which promotes chemical reactions in thousands of industrial processes.
Study at SLAC Explains Atomic Action in High-Temperature Superconductors
A study at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory suggests for the first time how scientists might deliberately engineer superconductors that work at higher temperatures.
Symmetry: Ancient Pigments, Modern Mystery
When Chinese workers searching for water found the famous Terracotta Warriors instead, they brought to light a scientific mystery.
Symmetry: The November Revolution
Forty years ago, two different research groups announced the discovery of the same new particle and redefined how physicists view the universe.
Stanford Scholars Tapped for Quantum Materials Research Grants
SLAC science and technology advisor Zhi-Xun Shen is among the recipients of the Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials grants, one of the top grants in quantum materials research. Another recipient, Columbia University Professor Tony Heinz, will join SLAC and Stanford in January 2015.
Researchers Hit Milestone in Accelerating Particles with Plasma
Scientists have demonstrated that a promising technique for accelerating electrons on waves of hot plasma is efficient enough to power a new generation of shorter, more economical accelerators.
Shoucheng Zhang Wins Franklin Medal in Physics
SIMES researcher and Stanford physics professor Shoucheng Zhang has been named a recipient of the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, one of the oldest and most prestigious science awards in the United States.
