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Symmetry: When Research Worlds Collide
Particle physicists and scientists from other disciplines are finding ways to help one another answer critical questions.
Stanford Researchers Create 'Evolved' Protein That May Stop Cancer From Spreading
SSRL protein crystallography expert joined research effort that could lead to a safe and effective alternative to chemotherapy.
Research Pinpoints Role of 'Helper' Atoms in Oxygen Release
Experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory solve a long-standing mystery in the role calcium atoms serve in a chemical reaction that releases oxygen into the air we breathe.
Symmetry: Pursuit of Dark Matter Progresses at AMS
A possible sign of dark matter will eventually become clear, according to promising signs from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment.
Symmetry: Science Gets Social
If you like your science with a cup of coffee, a pint of beer or a raucous crowd, these events may be for you.
Study Sheds New Light on Why Batteries Go Bad
A comprehensive look at how tiny particles in a lithium ion battery electrode behave shows that rapid-charging the battery and using it to do high-power, rapidly draining work may not be as damaging as researchers had thought – and that the benefits of slow draining and charging may have been overestimated.
SLAC Scientists Win Prizes for X-ray Laser Work
Three scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have received international prizes for their achievements in free-electron laser science.
Stanford Engineers Help Describe Key Mechanism in Energy and Information Storage
By observing how hydrogen is absorbed into individual palladium nanocubes, Stanford materials scientists have detailed a key step in storing energy and information in nanomaterials.
Plastics in Motion: Exploring the World of Polymers
Researchers have shown X-ray laser pulses can capture natural motion in a polymer that behaves in unusual ways when heated to a middle ground between its melting point and solid state.
Buckyballs and Diamondoids Join Forces in Tiny Electronic Gadget
Scientists have married two unconventional forms of carbon – one shaped like a soccer ball, the other a tiny diamond – to make a hybrid that could channel electron flow in molecular electronic devices.
