Two groups of researchers drew on SLAC tools to better understand how to target a key part of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Exploring and manipulating the behavior of polar vortices in materials may lead to new technology for faster data transfer and storage.

Known as “pair-density waves,” it may be key to understanding how superconductivity can exist at relatively high temperatures.

Derived from microscopic algae, the rare, light-driven enzyme converts fatty acids into starting ingredients for solvents and fuels.

Zhenan Bao, Axel Brunger and Robert Byer are among 252 new members elected to the society, which honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators...

Charge transfer is highly important in most areas of chemistry, including photosynthesis and other processes in living things. A SLAC X-ray laser study reveals...

With a new suite of tools, scientists discovered exactly how tiny plate-like catalyst particles carry out a key step in that conversion – the...

Rebecca Leane and colleagues showed dark matter could heat planets in our galaxy to incredible temperatures. Here, she explains how that works and how...

An international collaboration aims to create a 3D map of the universe, unraveling the mysterious nature of dark energy.

An analysis of the first three years of Dark Energy Survey data is consistent with predictions from the current best model of the universe...

Edward Hohenstein, Emma McBride and Caterina Vernieri study what happens to molecules hit by light, recreate extreme states of matter like those inside stars...

From the invisible world of elementary particles to the mysteries of the cosmos, recipients of this prestigious award for early career scientists explore nature...