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Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

A pom-pom like object with curly tangles in purple and blue shades and yellow tangles at center, reminiscent of a zinnia blossom.

Chi-Chang Kao has decided to return to research after serving 10 years as director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He will continue in the lab director role until a replacement is found.

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously thought. In an earlier experiment, researchers mimicked the extreme temperatures and pressures found deep inside ice...

The facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy.

The work sheds light on the web of hydrogen bonds that gives water its strange properties, which play a vital role in many chemical and biological processes.

They discover a short-lived state that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computing devices.

The latest advance from a research collaboration with industry could dramatically accelerate the development of sturdier batteries for fast-charging electric vehicles.

Studies of electrode nanoparticles for batteries.

Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20% more efficient.

Conceptual illustration of advantages of redesigned current collector.

FACET-II will pave the way for a future generation of particle colliders and powerful light sources, opening avenues in high-energy physics, medicine, and materials, biological and energy science.

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SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

Chi-Chang Kao to step down as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory director

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space

In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules

Scientists take first snapshots of ultrafast switching in a quantum electronic device

In a leap for battery research, machine learning gets scientific smarts

A new approach boosts lithium-ion battery efficiency and puts out fires, too

SLAC starts up new facility to revolutionize particle accelerators