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March 18, 2015
News Feature
Scientists Watch Quantum Dots 'Breathe' in Response to Stress
SLAC study of tiny nanocrystals provides new insight on the design and function of nanomaterials
Image - In this illustration, intense X-rays produced at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source strike nanowires to study an ultrafast "breathing" response in the crystals induced quadrillionths of a second earlier by pulses of optical laser light.
February 20, 2015
News Feature
New Programs Enhance SIMES Role in Studying Exotic New Materials
Two new research projects support the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences in the study of exotic new materials that could enable future innovative electronic and photonic applications.
January 20, 2015
News Feature
SIMES Engineers Use Brilliant X-rays to Illuminate Catalysis, Revise Theories
Stanford and SLAC engineers observed electrons at work during catalytic reactions. Their findings challenge long-held theories about some catalysts, opening the door to new or improved renewable energy applications.
December 19, 2014
News Feature
First Direct Evidence that a Mysterious Phase of Matter Competes with High-Temperature Superconductivity
SLAC study shows the so-called ‘pseudogap’ hoards electrons that otherwise might pair up to carry current through a material with 100 percent efficiency.
November 12, 2014
Press Release
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.
November 11, 2014
News Feature
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.
November 4, 2014
News Feature
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.
October 20, 2014
News Feature
Puzzling New Behavior Found in High-Temperature Superconductors
Research led by SLAC and Stanford scientists has uncovered a new, unpredicted behavior in a copper oxide material that conducts electricity without any loss at relatively high temperatures.
SLAC Staff Scientist Wei-sheng Lee
October 9, 2014
News Feature
Stanford's GCEP Awards $10.5 Million for Research on Renewable Energy
SLAC scientists are among the researchers to receive funding to advance solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy.
September 14, 2014
Press Release
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.
Photo - battery cycler

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