![A beam of light lands on a series of squiggly lines. Where the beam lands, the lines are straight.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/superconductor_charge_density_coherence_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=u1ZGiUwr)
![Artist's illustration shows quantum states called superconductivity and charge density waves atop an atomic lattice of balls and sticks](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/nickelate_stripes_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=QcTWSklT)
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An illustration shows a type of quantum matter called charge density waves, or CDWs, superimposed on the atomic structure of...
![An illustration shows a latticework of sticks and balls topped by stripes made up of small glowing blobs, top left, and pairs of glowing blobs, top right.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/nickelate_stripes_la_final_0.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=gMp-AP7m)
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Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) research conducted at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
![Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) research conducted at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2015_0925_BeardsleySSRL-19.jpg?h=a627dc5f&itok=sm6W-rD2)
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Stanford’s Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase, shown on screens.
![Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-02/slac-11-07-1649-b-v2.jpg?h=41cd9748&itok=kydm3dIH)
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Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as...
![Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as it exits](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/resurrecting_lithium_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=vYlDY0uN)
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A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder. The electrolyte will be fast-frozen into a...
![A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/cryoem_battery_sei_visuals_la_final.jpg?h=127267a3&itok=JwxZRRrm)
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How can you tell if a material is a superconductor? Four classic signatures are illustrated here. Left to right: 1)...
![An illustration shows four icons representing signatures of the superconducting transition: carrying electrical current without resistance, expelling magnetic fields, a unique response to heating and electrons pairing up and condensing.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/superconductivity_signature_traits_la.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=Pc8FRDFu)
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To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a...
![Exposing the material to a magnetic field](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/transient_superconductivity_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=DCy9NFts)
![Red molecules are sandwiched between a blue inner shell and purple outer shell.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/cryoem_cage_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=BRKZ_JYC)
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The first measurements of magnetic excitations rippling through a nickelate (Ni) superconductor show it's closely related to cuprate (Cu) superconductors...
![Illustration showing nickelate and cuprate superconductors as cartoon characters that are either close friends holding hands or neighbors talking over a fence.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/mottness_superconductivity_characters_la_final.jpg?h=152f1456&itok=9LWhzqsA)
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This illustration shows one of the active sites of a new catalyst that accelerates the first step in making fuels...
![A ball-and-stick illustration of a single nickel atom (green) bonded to nitrogen atoms (blue) on the surface of a carbon material. The arrangement allows the nickel atoms to catalyze two types of reactions involved in making fuel from CO2.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/two_way_catalyst_la_final.jpg?h=846fc386&itok=OeUG8E2Z)