2018 News Feature Archive

December 6, 2018
Theoretical physicist Shoucheng Zhang dies at 55
December 3, 2018
Symmetry: LHC ends second season of data-taking
December 3, 2018
To curb maternal deaths in developing countries, researchers use X-rays to map a lifesaving drug in action
November 13, 2018
Symmetry: Gravitational lenses
November 13, 2018
X-rays show how periods of stress changed an ice age hyena to the bone
November 6, 2018
Dancing atoms in perovskite materials provide insight into how solar cells work
November 1, 2018
In materials hit with light, individual atoms and vibrations take disorderly paths
October 31, 2018
Scientists make first detailed measurements of key factors related to high-temperature superconductivity
October 30, 2018
SLAC joins new LaserNetUS network to boost high-intensity laser research
October 23, 2018
Symmetry: The building boom
October 23, 2018
Scientists present ideas for next-gen accelerator experiments
October 19, 2018
Researchers switch material from one state to another with a single flash of light
October 18, 2018
Symmetry: Five mysteries the Standard Model can’t explain
October 18, 2018
ESnet: ESnet's network, software help SLAC researchers in record-setting transfer of 1 petabyte of data
October 16, 2018
Symmetry: Studying the stars with machine learning
October 15, 2018
Missing gamma-ray blobs shed new light on dark matter, cosmic magnetism
October 9, 2018
Symmetry: Progress in plasma wakefield acceleration for positrons
October 4, 2018
Symmetry: The 3-ton ruler
October 2, 2018
Peering into 36-million-degree plasma with SLAC’s X-ray laser
October 1, 2018
Slideshow: 2018 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting
September 24, 2018
DOE’s Energy Storage Summit convenes at SLAC
September 24, 2018
DOE announces $218 million for Quantum Information Science
September 20, 2018
Symmetry: Dark matter vibes
September 18, 2018
Symmetry: First particle tracks seen at ProtoDUNE
September 13, 2018
Tais Gorkhover wins LCLS Young Investigator Award for pioneering novel X-ray imaging methods
September 11, 2018
Graham George receives Lytle Award for contributions to X-ray absorption spectroscopy
August 30, 2018
Chuntian Cao wins 2018 Klein Award for lithium-ion battery research
August 28, 2018
Symmetry: LHC scientists detect most favored Higgs decay
August 27, 2018
Q&A: Shining X-ray light on perovskites for better solar cells
August 27, 2018
Winning Photos from the 2018 SLAC Physics Photowalk
August 23, 2018
How SLAC’s ‘electronics artists’ enable cutting-edge science
August 21, 2018
Students affected by Hurricane Maria bring their research to SLAC
August 7, 2018
46th annual SLAC Summer Institute celebrates Standard Model at 50
August 6, 2018
Catching the dance of antibiotics and ribosomes at room temperature
August 2, 2018
One cool camera: LSST’s cryostat assembly completed
August 2, 2018
In a first, scientists precisely measure how synthetic diamonds grow
August 1, 2018
Particle physicists team up with AI to solve toughest science problems
July 31, 2018
Risa Wechsler named director of KIPAC
July 30, 2018
Ming Yi wins Spicer Award for superconductor research at SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron
July 26, 2018
Emma McBride and Caterina Vernieri Receive 2018 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC
July 25, 2018
Department of Energy Announces $30 Million for “Ultrafast” Science
July 2, 2018
X-Ray Experiment Confirms Theoretical Model for Making New Materials
June 27, 2018
A Next-Gen EEG Could Help Bring Back Lost Brain Function
June 21, 2018
Four SLAC Scientists Awarded Prestigious DOE Early Career Research Grants
June 19, 2018
Symmetry: Waiting for a Sign
June 14, 2018
Scientists Make the First Molecular Movie of One of Nature’s Most Widely Used Light Sensors
June 13, 2018
SLAC, Stanford Scientists Discover How a Hardy Microbe’s Crystalline Shell Helps it Reel in Food
June 11, 2018
Perspectives on 10 Years of Discovery With Fermi
June 5, 2018
Theorists love giant equations (even more than coffee)
May 31, 2018
X-Ray Laser Scientists Develop a New Way to Watch Bacteria Attack Antibiotics
May 24, 2018
Symmetry: Game-Changing Neutrino Experiments
May 16, 2018
X-ray Laser Reveals Ultrafast Dance of Liquid Water
May 15, 2018
SLAC Will Open One of Three NIH National Service Centers for Cryo-Electron Microscopy
May 15, 2018
Scientists Turn X-ray Laser Into World’s Fastest Water Heater
May 9, 2018
SLAC’s X-ray Laser Opens New View on Proteins Related to Alzheimer’s Disease
May 2, 2018
Ultrafast Atomic Snapshots Reveal Energy Flow in Superconductor
May 2, 2018
Stanford, SLAC Researchers Have Developed a Water-Based Battery to Store Solar and Wind Energy
May 1, 2018
Scientists Find a New Way to Make Novel Materials by ‘Un-Squeezing’
May 1, 2018
Symmetry: SLAC’s Archivist Closes a Chapter
April 26, 2018
X-Ray Scientists Create Tiny, Super-Thin Sheets of Flowing Water that Shimmer Like Soap Bubbles
April 23, 2018
A SLAC Legend Gives the Lab His Lifetime Collection of Precious Foils
April 17, 2018
The World’s Largest Astronomical Movie
April 9, 2018
SLAC Produces First Electron Beam with Superconducting Electron Gun
April 4, 2018
Tick, Tock on the ‘Attoclock’: Tracking X-Ray Laser Pulses at Record Speeds
April 3, 2018
Hirohisa Tanaka Joins SLAC to Push Limits of Neutrino Physics
March 28, 2018
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Visits SLAC, Tours Site of X-ray Laser Upgrade
March 26, 2018
Q&A: Bruce Gates on the Molecules That Can Drive Chemical Reactions
March 22, 2018
Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years
March 21, 2018
Symmetry: Starting from the Bottom
March 20, 2018
Weird Superconductor Leads Double Life
March 19, 2018
Study Reveals New Insights into How Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells Work
March 14, 2018
Q&A: Al Ashley Reflects on His Efforts to Diversify SLAC and Beyond
March 7, 2018
With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses
March 6, 2018
Humanity, Technology Join Hands in Life/Art/Science/Tech Festival at SLAC
February 22, 2018
Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Richard Taylor Dies at 88
February 22, 2018
First Nanoscale Look at How Lithium Ions Navigate a Molecular Maze to Reach Battery Electrode
February 13, 2018
Symmetry: Show Your Affection with Physics Valentines
February 13, 2018
Arthur Bienenstock Recognized for Contributions to the Advancement of Science
February 12, 2018
45-Year-Old Telescope Gets a Makeover to Demystify Dark Energy
February 9, 2018
Symmetry: Subatomic Smackdown
February 9, 2018
Harker School Wins Second Consecutive SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl
February 5, 2018
SLAC Celebrates Legacy of Theoretical Physicist Sidney Drell
February 1, 2018
SLAC Gets Sporty at First ‘Nerd Bowl’
January 31, 2018
Magnetic Trick Triples the Power of SLAC’s X-Ray Laser
January 30, 2018
SLAC Scientists Investigate How Metal 3-D Printing Can Avoid Producing Flawed Parts
January 26, 2018
Scientists Catch Light Squeezing and Stretching Next-Gen Data Storage Material
January 23, 2018
Symmetry: Neural Networks for Neutrinos
January 22, 2018
Berkeley Lab: Berkeley Lab Delivers Injector That Will Drive X-Ray Laser Upgrade
January 22, 2018
Photos: First LCLS-II Cryomodule Arrives
January 18, 2018
DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar Visits SLAC
January 9, 2018
Q&A: Alan Heirich and Elliott Slaughter Take On SLAC’s Big Data Challenges

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