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Now that the cavities have been cooled, the next step is to pump them with more than a megawatt of...
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An illustration shows a type of quantum matter called charge density waves, or CDWs, superimposed on the atomic structure of...
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Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) research conducted at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
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Stanford’s Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase, shown on screens.
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Conceptual illustration shows an EKG-like pulse of energy flatlining as it enters a battery, then coming back to life as...
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A battery's liquid electrolyte clings to small holes in a cryo-EM sample holder. The electrolyte will be fast-frozen into a...
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How can you tell if a material is a superconductor? Four classic signatures are illustrated here. Left to right: 1)...
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To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a...
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The first measurements of magnetic excitations rippling through a nickelate (Ni) superconductor show it's closely related to cuprate (Cu) superconductors...