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September 22, 2022
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Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go, Stanford study finds
A research team including SLAC staff engineer Gustavo Cezar shows that charging electric vehicles in the daytime would spread the load on the electric grid, save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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September 21, 2022
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Saket Bagde wins 2022 Spicer Young Investigator Award for deciphering how nature produces some antibiotics
Bagde is being recognized for his successful efforts to describe the structures and mechanisms of several biologically important enzymes.
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September 19, 2022
News Brief
Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time
The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.
September 15, 2022
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Researchers at SLAC use purified liquid xenon to search for mysterious dark matter particles
An enormous vat of pure liquid xenon will help scientists at SLAC and around the globe learn more about the universe.
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September 14, 2022
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Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research
Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials flow in and out of cells.
Fan wins this year's Klein award from SSRL.
September 8, 2022
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SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway
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.
September 7, 2022
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The power of awe and the cosmos
A cosmologist, cultural historian, and neurosurgeon discuss how outer space and otherworldly phenomena can inspire discovery across disciplines and bring people together.
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September 2, 2022
Press Release
‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought
Researchers at SLAC found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.
Diamond rain formation
August 31, 2022
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Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator
En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.
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August 29, 2022
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Vintage SLAC accelerator software spreads its wings
SLAC works with two small businesses to make its ACE3P software easier to use in supercomputer simulations for optimizing the shapes of accelerator structures.
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