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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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VIA Stanford

Harold Hwang named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Election to the academy honors exceptional scholars who discover and advance knowledge and who apply knowledge to the problems of society.

April 26, 2024
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VIA Stanford

Two SLAC researchers named to National Academy of Sciences

Harold Hwang and Tony Heinz were among 124 newly elected members.

May 2, 2024
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Harold Hwang awarded 2024 McGroddy Prize for discovering exotic new materials

The American Physical Society recognized the SLAC and Stanford physicist for decades of groundbreaking work studying the strange behavior of electrons at the interfaces...

November 1, 2023  ·  2 min read
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Technology Innovation Directorate (TID)

TID leverages its state-of-the-art scientific expertise in exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum and in advanced instrumentation to develop novel technologies.

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Microelectronics at SLAC

SLAC’s microelectronics research is breaking new ground in sustainable computing.

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Researchers aim to make cheaper fuel cells a reality

The team reduced the amount of expensive platinum group metals needed to make an effective cell and found a new way to test future...

November 13, 2023  ·  3 min read
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Researchers show an old law still holds for quirky quantum materials

Strongly interacting electrons in quantum materials carry heat and charge in a way that’s surprisingly similar to what individual electrons do in normal metals...

November 30, 2023  ·  3 min read
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SLAC and its partners release a free, easy-to-use platform for understanding and managing electric grids

SLAC and its partners have released a free, easy-to-use platform for understanding and managing electric grids. 

December 18, 2023  ·  2 min read
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Past Event
Public Lecture

Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge

Presented by Elizabeth Ryland

Date Thursday, January 25, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation

The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what’s really going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days.

January 17, 2024  ·  4 min read
This is a graphic representation of solar power system data. The data is processed by algorithms, which turn the data into specific power loss causes.
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Quantum CSI: Profiling Molecules with X-rays

Public lecture presented by Ryan Coffee

November 18, 2014  ·  01:08:21  runtime
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SLAC Science Explained

Superconducting qubits: Delicate powerhouses

Superconducting quantum bits, or qubits, are at the heart of many quantum computers, acting like supercharged versions of the traditional bits found in classical...

September 8, 2025  ·  1 min read
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