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One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably, without compromising the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate change. SLAC pursues this goal on many levels.

Studies of atomic-level processes

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Understanding how a material’s electrons interact with vibrations of its nuclear lattice could help design and control novel materials, from solar cells to high-temperature...

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Just as Schroedinger's Cat is both alive and dead, an atom or molecule can be in two different states at once. Now scientists have...

Illustration of a molecule splitting into two Schroedinger's Cat states
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The fellowship will support their research into developing new methods of imaging tiny particles and understanding the properties of the Higgs boson.

Tais Gorkhover and Michael Kagan, the 2016 Panofsky Fellows at SLAC
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A team led by chemists at Stanford University and SLAC has unraveled a longstanding mystery that brings them one step closer to a cleaner...

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The goal of the DuraMat consortium is to make solar modules last longer, and thus drive down the cost of solar energy.

Image of solar panels
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A ‘nonlinear’ phenomenon that seemingly turns materials transparent is seen for the first time in X-rays at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source.

Illustration of an LCLS experiment in which a sample seemed to disapper
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The White House announced $50 million in funding for ‘Battery500’, a five year effort, as part of a package of initiatives to accelerate adoption...

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Now the startup, Lumeras LLC, has a viable commercial product, and scientists have a new tool for studying the behavior of complex materials.

Lumeras founder Andrew Merriam, left, and SLAC/Stanford Professor Zhi-Xun Shen with a tabletop laser the company developed
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Yi Cui and colleagues have developed new ways to improve hydrogen production and rechargeable zinc batteries.

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Taken at SLAC, microscopic footage of exploding liquids will give researchers more control over experiments at X-ray lasers.

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Many technologies rely upon nanomaterials that can absorb or release atoms quickly and repeatedly. New work provides a first look inside these phase-changing nanoparticles.

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Adding pressure could improve the performance of solar cells made of perovskites, a promising photovoltaic material.