Energy sciences

With a new method that could be extended to study Earth’s core and nuclear fusion, they identify and explain jumps in the electrical conductivity of aluminum under extreme conditions. 

Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets. 

SLAC and Stanford scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information.

He was honored for his work in ultrafast physics.

Researchers used LCLS to capture the ultrafast motion of electrons inside molecules – at scales never before possible. 

They used SLAC’s ultrafast X-ray laser to follow the impact of a single electron moving within a molecule during an entire chemical reaction.

Results obtained with SLAC’s X-ray laser show how tiny magnetic coils can align over a surprisingly broad timescale, inspiring new ideas for microelectronics. 

Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory and upended our understanding of superheating. 

The upgrades to SSRL’s resonant soft X-ray scattering beam line could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors.

SLAC researchers drew on advanced computation and X-ray methods to track down a water-splitting copper catalyst.

The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric – and quantum – territory. 

He met with SLAC staff and toured the lab’s cutting-edge facilities, diving into world-leading research in X-ray and ultrafast science, artificial intelligence, astrophysics and more.