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News Feature · VIA Stanford News

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Z-X Shen

Z-X Shen, SLAC science and technology advisor, professor of photon science and of physics, and a senior fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, is among 11 Stanford faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

TIMES applies the power of theory to the search for novel materials with remarkable properties that could revolutionize technology.

Two astrophysicists and a theoretical physicist discuss how the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy by taking an unprecedentedly enormous scan of the sky.

The study at SLAC’s X-ray laser was a step toward understanding how DNA defends itself from breakage and potential mutations.

X-ray studies have produced surprising insights into the workings of a hormone receptor associated with blood pressure regulation that could be a target for new medicines related to cardiovascular conditions, neuropathic pain and tissue growth.

Powerful X-rays reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors.
News Feature · VIA Stanford Engineering

Can We Use Solar Energy to Make Fertilizer Right on the Farm?​

Stanford and SLAC researchers are leading a multi-year effort to produce nitrogen-based fertilizers in a sustainable way, by inventing a solar-powered chemistry technology that can make it right on the farm and apply it directly to crops, drip-irrigation style.

Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have identified active carbon catalysts and developed an electrochemical cell designed to purify water in small villages.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Q&A: Dark Matter Next Door?

Astrophysicists Eric Charles and Mattia Di Mauro discuss the surprising glow of our neighbor galaxy.

Sila Kiliccote, Jodi Verleger and Lydia Young demonstrate what it means to live SLAC’s values.

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