from Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

NASA's newest telescope headed for orbit yesterday, its rocket igniting in the night skies south of Kwajalein Atoll after being dropped from the underbelly...

The Large Area Telescope (LAT), built by SLAC for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, collects information on high-energy gamma rays from numerous sources in...

What’s the best way to make methanol? The question is more pressing than it sounds.

One of the most striking features of particle collisions is the jet: a spray of particles, or energy – or both – produced when...

Up close, they look simple as can be: a pair of metal bars, each with one side polished to a brilliant shine.

The great thing about SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source is that it churns out incredible volumes of data about things no one has ever...

It was front page news around the world: a drug designed to disrupt malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was so successful...

The strength of a chemical bond between atoms is the fundamental basis for a molecule’s stability and reactivity.

In the first of an occasional series of articles profiling companies that supply or use SLAC facilities, we look at Pleasanton-based Xradia, Inc., which...

Prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men, is often a localized, slow-growing cancer, which aids treatment and improves survival rates. However, highly aggressive...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a research group at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) a grant of up...