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SIMES Engineers Develop a Plastic Clothing Material that Cools the Skin

Researchers have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air...

September 1, 2016
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SLAC Summer Institute Students Envision a New Energy Frontier

Participants of SLAC’s summer school learned about the next generation of collider physics through lectures, topical conference talks, student projects, poster sessions and tours.

September 2, 2016  ·  3 min read
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SLAC to Play Key Role in $30 Million DOE Effort to Improve Solar Module Materials

The goal of the DuraMat consortium is to make solar modules last longer, and thus drive down the cost of solar energy.

September 15, 2016  ·  4 min read
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A Speed Trap for Dark Matter

Analyzing the motion of X-ray sources could help researchers identify dark matter signals.

January 19, 2016
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Is the Neutrino its Own Antiparticle?

The mysterious particle could hold the key to why matter won out over antimatter in the early universe.

January 20, 2016
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MFX First Light

For the first time in three years, LCLS has added a new instrument to its set of experimental stations. See photos of the brand...

January 21, 2016
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Our Imperfect Vacuum

The emptiest parts of the universe aren’t so empty after all.

January 26, 2016
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Putting Silicon ‘Sawdust’ in a Graphene Cage Boosts Battery Performance

Wrapping silicon anode particles in custom-fit graphene cages could solve two major obstacles to using silicon in high-capacity lithium ion batteries.

January 28, 2016  ·  4 min read
Illustration of silicon particles with and without graphene cages
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Tiniest Particles Shrink Before Exploding When Hit With SLAC’s X-ray Laser

This surprising finding has potentially broad implications, from X-ray imaging of single particles to fusion research.

January 29, 2016  ·  3 min read
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

This Radioactive Life

Radiation is everywhere. The question is: How much?

February 2, 2016
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Three Ways to Bust Ghostly Dark Matter

Dark matter hunters around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of ghostly WIMPs: on the Earth’s surface, underground and in space.

February 8, 2016  ·  2 min read
Researchers around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of dark matter's ghostly components.
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SLAC X-ray Laser Turns Crystal Imperfections into Better Images of Important Biomolecules

A new study with the LCLS X-ray laser could change the way researchers take atomic-level snapshots of important biological machineries, potentially affecting research in...

February 10, 2016  ·  6 min read
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