A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F. 

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding. 

If scaled up successfully, the team's new system could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter.

Presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale. 

Presented by Axel Levy.

In our rapidly changing world, plants must adapt to new environments or die. Ritimukta Sarangi discusses how researchers and users at SSRL are tackling...

James’ research on chronic and acute mercury exposure challenges conventional views

Analyzing X-ray movies with computer vision reveals how nanoparticles in a lithium-ion battery electrode work.

Peter Dahlberg has combined two complex imaging techniques into one. The 2021 Panofsky Fellow adds cryo-ET and biosensors to fluorescence microscopy to give context...

SLAC researcher Sadasivan Shankar talks about a new environmental effort starting at the lab – building a roadmap that will help researchers improve the...

A low-cost, recyclable powder can kill thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to sunlight. Stanford and SLAC scientists say the ultrafast disinfectant...