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EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery

Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as...
January 3, 2022
Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as it exits
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Battery’s liquid electrolyte

A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder. The electrolyte will be fast-frozen into a...
January 5, 2022
A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder.
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Superconductivity signature traits

How can you tell if a material is a superconductor? Four classic signatures are illustrated here. Left to right: 1)...
January 25, 2022
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.
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Exposing the material to a magnetic field

To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a...
February 8, 2022
Exposing the material to a magnetic field
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Cryo-EM reconstructions of KIX

February 10, 2022
Red molecules are sandwiched between a blue inner shell and purple outer shell.
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Unstable lattice

February 13, 2022
Illustration shows two ball-and-stick molecules in pink and red separated by a blurred streak representing how the first structure is slightly deformed into the second.
Photograph

Pete Franco at the SLAC Machine Shop

Machinist Pete Franco, inside the machine shop of the Light Fabrication building 025 at SLAC.

October 21, 2020
Pete Franco at the SLAC Machine Shop
Public Lecture Poster

How Science Unlocks Copper's Hidden Powers poster

October 26, 2020
How Science Unlocks Copper's Hidden Powers
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XPP instrument

XPP Instrument Area Manager Daniel Stefanescu prepares LCLS instruments for beam and experiments.
December 9, 2020
Preparations of instruments for beam and experiments at LCLS
Illustration

Neural network

Artistic representation of a neural network superimposed on an electron beam profile.
March 24, 2021
Artistic representation of a neural network superimposed on an electron beam profile
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2d superconductivity puddles

SLAC and Stanford scientists observed puddles of 2D superconducting behavior emerging from a 3D unconventional superconductor, which conducts electricity with...
April 12, 2021
Illustration of a 2D superconducting state emerging in a 3D superconductor
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2D superconducting behavior

SLAC and Stanford scientists observed puddles of 2D superconducting behavior emerging from a 3D unconventional superconductor, which conducts electricity with...
April 12, 2021
Illustration of 2D puddles of superconductivity emerging in a 3D superconductor