New research shows that when a bunch of electrons zooms through the middle of a ring-shaped laser beam, the bunch can wind up with...

It combines human knowledge and expertise with the speed and efficiency of “smart” computer algorithms.

The SLAC/Stanford scientists are among 120 new members of an organization that advises the nation on science and technology issues.

Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation. Seeing the very first step opens the door to observing...

Siegfried Glenzer's team and collaborators from Tel Aviv University are working on a method that could make proton accelerators 100 times smaller without giving...

New machine learning methods bring insights into how lithium ion batteries degrade, and show it’s more complicated than many thought.

Presented by Nick Edwards. Until recently, the colors of ancient life forms existed only in our imaginations.

The advance opens a path toward a new generation of logic and memory devices that could be 10,000 times faster than today's.

Understanding nature’s process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water.

Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.

Revealing both sides of the story in a single experiment has been a grand scientific challenge.

Physicists at SLAC and Stanford propose that the influence of cosmic rays on early life may explain nature’s preference for a uniform “handedness” among...