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SLAC researchers measure how materials hotter than the sun’s surface conduct electricity

With a new method that could be extended to study Earth’s core and nuclear fusion, they identify and explain jumps in the electrical conductivity...

December 18, 2025  ·  3 min read
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What is the field of microelectronics and why is it so important?

SLAC experts discuss how microelectronics impacts our lives and where the future lies in this Q&A.

February 2, 2026  ·  6 min read
Angelo Dragone and Paul McIntyre
SLAC Experts

Thomas Jaramillo

SUNCAT Director, Professor of chemical engineering, of energy science and engineering, and of photon science

Areas of research: Energy sciences; catalysis; sustainable production and use of fuels and chemicals

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SLAC EXPERTS

William Chueh

Director, SLAC-Stanford Battery Center; Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Professor of materials science and engineering and of energy science and engineering; Faculty Scientist, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES)

Areas of research:  energy science; materials for energy; clean energy; sustainability; batteries; energy storage and conversion electrochemistry; redox chemistry; engineering; materials science; X-ray science...

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Energy and sustainability

Two of the most urgent challenges of our time – clean energy and sustainability – require investigation at the atomic level.

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Research

Energy sciences

One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably – in a way that doesn’t compromise the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate...

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Video

Humans Navigating Complexity with AI Helpers

Public lecture presented by Dr. Wan-Lin Hu

February 26, 2026  ·  01:16:24  runtime
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Past Event
Public Lectures

Reinventing the way we break down plastic waste

From our kitchens to our clothes to the delivery of medicines, plastics play an indispensable role in our daily lives. But, the end-life of...
Date Thursday, March 26, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Ozge Bozkurt
Past Event
Public Lectures

Humans Navigating Complexity with AI Helpers

Modern particle accelerator control rooms are like busy air traffic control centers, where skilled operators juggle hundreds of interconnected and time-sensitive tasks to generate...
Date Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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Upcoming Event
Public Lectures

How scientists are building the AI-powered laboratory

Register here to join us in-person, or watch online.  How do we find the next super material? How do we discover the next breakthrough...
Date Thursday, June 4, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture Poster
Jun 04
Research

New technologies

Modern technology creates new opportunities for society: Just think about how artificial intelligence has changed our cars and cell phone apps.

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