Among the many beautiful, unexpected and sometimes revolutionary discoveries to emerge from subatomic physics, probably none is more bizarre than an elementary particle known...
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SLAC/Stanford Professor Zhi-Xun Shen (left) and SLAC staff scientist Patrick Kirchmann with the ARPES instrument used to measure electron energy and momentum in an...
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An animation shows how an infrared laser beam (orange) triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide, which are then recorded by...
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This animation shows molecular building blocks joining the tip of a growing nanowire. Each block consists of a diamondoid –...
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The electric field aligns the spins of the electrons in the nonmagnetic material, and the ordering creates magnetic properties.
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Cosmic Accelerators: Engines of the Extreme Universe
The universe is home to numerous exotic and beautiful phenomena, some of which can generate almost inconceivable amounts of energy. While the night sky...
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Ultimate Atomic Bling: Nanotechnology of Diamonds
Diamonds exist in all sizes, from the Hope Diamond to minuscule crystals only a few atoms across. The smallest of these diamonds are created...
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Leading the Charge: Exotic New Materials for Future Devices
How will we improve computer technology to create chips that are smaller, faster, and more efficient? For leaps in performance, we need to create...
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Smashing Protons: First Physics at the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider, at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, is the largest scientific instrument ever built. For nearly a year now, we have been...
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Archaeopteryx: Bringing the Dino-Bird to Life
Some 150 million years ago, a strange creature died in a tropical lagoon that today is located in Bavaria, Germany. In 1861, a single...
