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A new leap in understanding nickel oxide superconductors

Researchers discover they contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that’s common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though...

July 25, 2022  ·  5 min read
Artist's illustration shows quantum states called superconductivity and charge density waves atop an atomic lattice of balls and sticks
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X-rays help researchers piece together treasured cellular gateway for first time

After almost two decades of synchrotron experiments, Caltech scientists have captured a clear picture of a cell’s nuclear pores, which are the doors and...

July 11, 2022  ·  4 min read
The nuclear pore and its components.
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Researchers mark successful startup of LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility

SLAC researchers contributed to the design, construction, testing and analysis of the experiment, which has already put the tightest bounds yet on a popular...

July 7, 2022  ·  6 min read
Bubble-like glass lenses inside a white cylindrical apparatus.
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Chelsea Bartram and Brian Lenardo named 2022 Panofsky Fellows at SLAC

They’ll work on experiments that search for dark matter particles and exotic neutrino decays that could help explain why there’s more matter than antimatter...

July 14, 2022  ·  5 min read
Side-by-side portraits of Brian Lenardo and Chelsea Bartram
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Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

September 19, 2022  ·  4 min read
A three-dimensional structure of the soil virus AMG product, an enzyme known as a chitosanase.
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SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

July 27, 2022  ·  7 min read
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Study finds nickelate superconductors are intrinsically magnetic

Waves of magnetic excitation sweep through this exciting new material whether it’s in superconducting mode or not – another possible clue to how unconventional...

August 1, 2022  ·  5 min read
A brightly colored top is seen spinning between two layers of gray, purple and red spheres representing atoms in a nickel oxide superconductor.
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How do you take a better image of atom clouds? Mirrors – lots of mirrors

To capture as much information as possible about clouds of atoms at the heart of the MAGIS-100 experiment, SLAC scientists devised a dome of...

August 19, 2022  ·  6 min read
an array of rainbow-tinted views of a tiny 3D object that spells "DOE"
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Exploring quantum electron highways with laser light

Spiraling laser light reveals how topological insulators lose their ability to conduct electric current on their surfaces.

August 18, 2022  ·  5 min read
Against a black background, thin, glowing red wires at top impinge on the hexagonal surface of a translucent mass. Small white dots travel along the edges of the surface in two directions. Within the mass, two orange cones meet at their tips.
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Vintage SLAC accelerator software spreads its wings

SLAC works with two small businesses to make its ACE3P software easier to use in supercomputer simulations for optimizing the shapes of accelerator structures.

August 29, 2022  ·  8 min read
A large, complex shape is seen against a blue background crisscrossed with white lines. The shape is dark blue and resembles a brick partially topped with a thick shark’s fin. Three areas of bright red, orange and green, are on the shape’s bottom edge.
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SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

September 8, 2022  ·  4 min read
SARS-CoV-2-NEMO
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Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

August 31, 2022  ·  6 min read
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
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