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Ming Yi wins Spicer Award for superconductor research at SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron

Former Stanford and UC-Berkeley physicist is honored for foundational research that peers into unconventional phenomena within exotic materials.

July 30, 2018  ·  5 min read
Photo: Ming Yi
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Risa Wechsler named director of KIPAC

She’ll direct the future of astrophysics research at SLAC and Stanford for the next five years.

July 31, 2018  ·  3 min read
Risa Wechsler 2018
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Particle physicists team up with AI to solve toughest science problems

Researchers from SLAC and around the world increasingly use machine learning to handle Big Data produced in modern experiments and to study some of...

August 1, 2018  ·  6 min read
Machine Learning in HEP
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In a first, scientists precisely measure how synthetic diamonds grow

A SLAC-Stanford study reveals exactly what it takes for diamond to crystallize around a “seed” cluster of atoms. The results apply to industrial processes...

August 2, 2018  ·  5 min read
Illustration of diamondoid and diamond crystals
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Catching the dance of antibiotics and ribosomes at room temperature

A new imaging technique is allowing researchers to pinpoint ways of modifying drugs to avoid side effects.

August 6, 2018  ·  7 min read
Hasan DeMirci Ribosome
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46th annual SLAC Summer Institute celebrates Standard Model at 50

The event attracted 124 participants and explores the successes and challenges of the theory that describes subatomic particles and fundamental forces.

August 7, 2018  ·  2 min read
SSI 2018
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Winning photos from the 2018 SLAC physics photowalk

The SLAC Photowalk took a group of photographers, both amateur and professional, behind the scenes to photograph SLAC's world-class science facilities, including the world's...

August 27, 2018
Photowalk: CXI chamber
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Students affected by Hurricane Maria bring their research to SLAC

This summer, five graduate students from the University of Puerto Rico had the opportunity to use SLAC’s world-class facilities to keep their studies on...

August 21, 2018  ·  5 min read
University of Puerto Rico Interns
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How SLAC’s ‘electronics artists’ enable cutting-edge science

A team of electrical designers develops specialized microchips for a broad range of scientific applications, including X-ray science and particle physics.

August 23, 2018  ·  7 min read
This illustration shows the layout of an application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, at an imaginary art exhibition.
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Q&A: Shining X-ray light on perovskites for better solar cells

Four scientists discuss X-ray experiments at SLAC’s synchrotron that reveal new insights into how a promising solar cell material forms.

August 27, 2018  ·  6 min read
Photo: Aryeh Gold-Parker, Chris Tassone, Kevin Stone and Mike Toney
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LHC scientists detect most favored Higgs decay

Today the ATLAS collaboration, which includes SLAC physicists, announced with the CMS collaboration the joint discovery of the Higgs boson transforming into bottom quarks...

August 28, 2018
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Chuntian Cao wins 2018 Klein Award for lithium-ion battery research

Using SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron SSRL, Cao improves fundamental knowledge about how a new lithium-ion battery material works, which will help enable safer, longer-lasting devices.

August 30, 2018  ·  3 min read
Chuntian Cao
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