Researchers reveal why trace amounts of alloy added to some catalysts keep them performing better over time. The study suggests models that could boost...

In 1962, in the rolling hills west of Stanford University, construction began on the longest and straightest structure in the world.

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One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably – in a way that doesn’t compromise the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate...

Making ‘magic’ happen with bright X-rays, SLAC’s Silvia Russi takes us into the world of a beamline scientist. 

The  NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the Chilean Andes brings the cosmos to life like never before. During the first 10 years of operation, Rubin Observatory will conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), creating the widest...

The new method allows better studies of valence electrons key to materials’ properties and could help unlock novel photocatalysts, light-switchable superconductors and other applications...

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics and kicking off a new era of dynamic, real-time...

The experiment’s detectors have reached their operating temperature, almost a thousand times colder than outer space.

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