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SLAC, Stanford Team Finds a Tough New Catalyst for Use in Renewable Fuels Production
The discovery could make water splitting, a key step in a number of clean energy technologies, cheaper and more efficient.
Poof! The Weird Case of the X-ray that Came Out Blank
A ‘nonlinear’ phenomenon that seemingly turns materials transparent is seen for the first time in X-rays at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source.
SLAC, Stanford Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster
Researchers at SLAC and Stanford have created a nanostructured device, about half the size of a postage stamp, that harnesses more of the sun's spectrum of light to disinfect water much faster than with ultraviolet rays alone.
PULSE, SIMES-led Experiments Point Toward Memory Chips 1,000 Times Faster Than Today’s
Silicon chips can store data in billionths of a second, but phase-change memory could be 1,000 times faster, while using less energy and requiring less space.
Stanford, SLAC Team Reveals Nanoscale Secrets of Rechargeable Batteries
An interdisciplinary team has developed a way to track how particles charge and discharge at the nanoscale, an advance that will lead to better batteries for all sorts of mobile applications.
Stanford, SLAC Play Key Role in New DOE Battery Consortium
The White House announced $50 million in funding for ‘Battery500’, a five year effort, as part of a package of initiatives to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles in the U.S.
SLAC, Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’
Now the startup, Lumeras LLC, has a viable commercial product, and scientists have a new tool for studying the behavior of complex materials.
Researchers Find New Way of Making Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Improve Grid-scale Batteries
Yi Cui and colleagues have developed new ways to improve hydrogen production and rechargeable zinc batteries.
With Spiraling Light, SLAC X-ray Laser Offers New Glimpses of Molecules
A new device at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allows researchers to explore the properties and dynamics of molecules with circularly polarized, or spiraling, light.
Extracting Miniature Diamonds from Crude
Precisely flawed nanodiamonds could produce next-generation tools for imaging and communications.
