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SLAC makes ‘electron camera,’ a world-class tool for ultrafast science, available to scientists worldwide

Combined with the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser, it’ll provide unprecedented atomic views of some of nature’s speediest processes.

July 10, 2019  ·  5 min read
Alex Reid, ultrafast electron diffraction (UED)
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Light dark matter is a thousand times less likely to bump into regular matter than previous astrophysical analyses allowed

A SLAC/Stanford study of the population of satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way provides new clues about the particle nature of dark matter.

July 11, 2019  ·  6 min read
Dark matter simulation
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In brief: After blasting a molecule with light, researchers watch its structure vibrate and change in real time

The technique can be used to study molecular phenomena and the forming and breaking of chemical bonds.

July 16, 2019  ·  3 min read
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A day in the life of a dark matter data wrangler

Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.

July 18, 2019  ·  5 min read
Maria Elena Monzani at the LZ test facility
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Massless particles can’t be stopped

If a particle has no mass, how can it exist?

July 23, 2019
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Hans-Georg Steinrück receives 2019 Spicer Award for energy storage research at SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron

This early-career scientist has undertaken challenging projects with significant implications for lithium-ion batteries.

July 26, 2019  ·  3 min read
Hans-Georg Steinrück
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Arianna Gleason and Diana Gamzina receive DOE Early Career Research grants

The SLAC scientists will each receive $2.5 million for their research on fusion energy and advanced radiofrequency technology.

August 1, 2019  ·  7 min read
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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

Stanford researchers have made a significant advance in the development of artificial catalysts for making cleaner chemicals and fuels at an industrial scale.

August 5, 2019
Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes.
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Atomic ‘Trojan horse’ could inspire new generation of X-ray lasers and particle colliders

At SLAC’s FACET facility, researchers have produced an intense electron beam by 'sneaking’ electrons into plasma, demonstrating a method that could be used in...

August 12, 2019  ·  8 min read
Trojan horse illustration
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How the catalytic converters in cars go bad and why it matters

A new way to arrange the hard-working atoms in this part of an exhaust system could lower the cost of curbing pollution from automotive...

August 13, 2019
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A million pulses per second: How particle accelerators are powering X-ray lasers

The next revolutionary X-ray laser in a class of its own, LCLS-II, is under construction at SLAC, with support from four other DOE national...

August 14, 2019
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Scientists report two advances in understanding the role of ‘charge stripes’ in superconducting materials

The studies could lead to a new understanding of how high-temperature superconductors operate.

August 16, 2019  ·  3 min read
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