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An illustration of 1D copper oxide, or cuprate, chains that have been “doped” to free up some of their electrons...
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SLAC’s Chris Kenney holds a 16-module, 2.2-megapixel ePix10k X-ray camera.
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Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as...
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A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder. The electrolyte will be fast-frozen into a...
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How can you tell if a material is a superconductor? Four classic signatures are illustrated here. Left to right: 1)...
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To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a...
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Machinist Pete Franco, inside the machine shop of the Light Fabrication building 025 at SLAC.
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XPP Instrument Area Manager Daniel Stefanescu prepares LCLS instruments for beam and experiments.
