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News Brief

Identifying COVID-19 antibodies for potential treatments

Images reveal how some antibodies may block SARS-CoV-2 infection.

October 29, 2020  ·  3 min read
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SLAC, Stanford to host national service center for cryo-ET sample preparation

The center complements other NIH centers at SLAC and elsewhere that broaden access to this cutting-edge technology for biomedical research.

November 4, 2020  ·  3 min read
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Meet the kaon

Nearly 75 years after the puzzling first detection of the kaon, scientists are still looking to the particle for hints of physics beyond their...

November 13, 2020
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Researchers search uncharted waters to find a better data-storage material

Most new materials are discovered near the proverbial shore. Now, scientists deploy artificial intelligence and high-throughput experimental techniques to search previously uncharted waters to...

November 24, 2020  ·  5 min read
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Scientists blast iron with powerful X-rays, then watch its electrons rearrange

A better understanding of how this happens could help researchers hone future electronic measurements and offer insights into how X-rays interact with matter on...

November 23, 2020  ·  4 min read
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Shapeshifting proteins provide electrons safe passage during photosynthesis

The results of a new scientific study reveal how photosynthetic reaction centers adapt to make light-driven reactions more efficient.

December 4, 2020  ·  3 min read
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During COVID-19, SLAC experiments continue with the help of remote technology

The lab’s X-ray laser recently joined other facilities in making remote science possible from any corner of the world, a trend that will likely...

December 14, 2020  ·  7 min read
Remote experiments in the control room at LCLS
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Study shows single atoms can make more efficient catalysts

Detailed observations of iridium atoms at work could help make catalysts that drive chemical reactions smaller, cheaper and more efficient.

January 7, 2019  ·  4 min read
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Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission

Scientists, including researchers at SLAC, have only just begun to study the remarkably detailed map they created of a portion of the sky.

January 8, 2019
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Remastered 1964 films show origins of SLAC

“The Worlds Within” and “Fabrication of the Accelerator Structure,” now available digitally in high fidelity, tell the story of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s inception...

January 23, 2019  ·  4 min read
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An effect that Einstein helped discover 100 years ago offers new insight into a puzzling magnetic phenomenon

Using an X-ray laser, researchers watched atoms rotate on the surface of a material that was demagnetized in millionths of a billionth of a...

January 14, 2019  ·  4 min read
Iron sample blasted with laser pulses to demagnetize it, then X-rayed.
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Retired equipment lives on in new physics experiments

Physicists often find thrifty, ingenious ways to reuse equipment and resources.

January 30, 2019
Move of ICARUS detector from Morris, IL to Fermilab site
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