SLAC and Stanford scientists have set a world record for energy storage, using a clever “yolk-shell” design to store five times more energy in...

Students from US universities work on LHC experiments through a new research abroad program.

Science is no longer the wallflower who doesn’t get asked to the dance, writes physicist Glen Crawford in an essay about science outreach past...

An engineer at SLAC laboratory constructed a full-scale model of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's cryostat in his spare time.

In a few years, scientists will come out with a new map of a third of the sky, one that will go deeper and...

The Planck mission released a first glimpse of data that, later this year, will test BICEP2’s discovery of gravitational waves.

Companies are using an electron-beam 3-D printing process to manufacture medical implants.

Given a year to mature, the Institute for Chemical Biology is relaunching under a new name that better reflects its vision of bringing Stanford's...

When the Large Hadron Collider restarts, it will be an even more powerful dark-matter-hunting machine.

The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.

Researchers are using powerful synchrotron-based X-rays to peer inside lithium-ion batteries while they operate. Understanding how batteries function – and what causes them to...

A new battery design harnesses waste heat in a four-step process: heating, charging, cooling and discharging.