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Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections.

The team reduced the amount of expensive platinum group metals needed to make an effective cell and found a new way to test future fuel cell innovations.

The future of experimental particle physics is exciting –  and energy intensive. SLAC physicists are thinking about how to make one proposal, the Cool Copper Collider, more sustainable.

The American Physical Society recognized the SLAC and Stanford physicist for decades of groundbreaking work studying the strange behavior of electrons at the interfaces between materials.

LaserNetUS funding will allow scientists to explore fundamental plasma science and inertial fusion energy research and technology.

A   swap of metals and a mutation ramp up the electric field strength at the active site of an enzyme, making it   works an astonishing 50 times faster than its unmodified analog.  

Developing a new, light-activated method to produce the molecule opens doors for future biomedical applications.

New research has implications for understanding Earth's evolution, interpreting unusual seismic signals and the study of exoplanets.

The award recognizes Driver’s contribution toward attosecond X-ray capabilities.

As the SLAC-Stanford institute celebrates its 20th anniversary, three Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology researchers share what they’re most excited for in years to come. 

The research reveals the potential for machine learning in understanding the complex behavior of quantum materials.

An international team has uncovered details about the formation of DNA's building blocks, paving the way  for potential medical and therapeutic applications.