2019 News Feature Archive

March 5, 2019
News Feature
Imaging sensors installed in LSST ComCam
The LSST camera integration and testing team inserted a raft of nine imaging sensors into the body of the ComCam. This miniature version of the LSST camera will be used for telescope commissioning. Check out photos of this and other recent activity from the LSST camera clean room.
February 22, 2019
News Feature
SLAC-Stanford partnership lauded
SLAC Director Chi-Chang Kao spoke to the Stanford University Faculty Senate at its Feb. 21 meeting.
Chi-Chang Kao at Stanford Faculty Senate meeting
February 21, 2019
News Feature
Researchers watch molecules in a light-triggered catalyst ring ‘like an ensemble of bells’
A better understanding of these systems will aid in developing next-generation energy technologies.
synchronized molecules
February 19, 2019
News Feature
Symmetry: An astronomical data challenge
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will track billions of objects for 10 years, creating unprecedented opportunities for studies of cosmic mysteries.
LSST Data Management
February 13, 2019
News Feature
Lynbrook High wins 2019 SLAC Regional Science Bowl competition
Twenty-eight teams tested their knowledge of science for a chance to go to the nationals
Science Bowl
February 8, 2019
News Feature
Q-FARM initiative to bolster quantum research at Stanford-SLAC
The newly launched Quantum Fundamentals, ARchitecture and Machines initiative will build upon existing strengths in theoretical and experimental quantum science and engineering at Stanford and SLAC.
February 8, 2019
News Feature
First direct view of an electron’s short, speedy trip across a border
Watching electrons sprint between atomically thin layers of material will shed light on the fundamental workings of semiconductors, solar cells and other key technologies.
Illustration of electrons giving off electromagnetic waves as they travel between two materials
February 5, 2019
News Feature
Untangling a strange phenomenon that both helps and hurts lithium-ion battery performance
New research offers the first complete picture of why a promising approach of stuffing more lithium into battery cathodes leads to their failure. A better understanding of this could be the key to smaller phone batteries and electric cars that drive farther between charges.
high capacity batteries
January 30, 2019
News Feature
Symmetry: Retired equipment lives on in new physics experiments
Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources.
January 23, 2019
News Feature
Remastered 1964 films show origins of SLAC
“The Worlds Within” and “Fabrication of the Accelerator Structure,” now available digitally in high fidelity, tell the story of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s inception and construction.
see description
January 14, 2019
News Feature
An effect that Einstein helped discover 100 years ago offers new insight into a puzzling magnetic phenomenon
Using an X-ray laser, researchers watched atoms rotate on the surface of a material that was demagnetized in millionths of a billionth of a second.
magnetism
January 8, 2019
News Feature
Symmetry: Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission
Scientists, including researchers at SLAC, have only just begun to study the remarkably detailed map they created of a portion of the sky.
DES End of Observations
January 7, 2019
News Feature
Study shows single atoms can make more efficient catalysts
Detailed observations of iridium atoms at work could help make catalysts that drive chemical reactions smaller, cheaper and more efficient.
Depiction of four techniques used to study a single-atom catalyst
January 7, 2019
News Feature
SLAC/Stanford team discovers new way of switching exotic properties on and off in topological material
Ultrafast manipulation of material properties with light could stimulate the development of novel electronics, including quantum computers.
Topological Switch Lead Art

Pages

News Archives

News