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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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The liquid sheets – less than 100 water molecules thick – will let researchers probe chemical, physical and biological processes, and even the nature...

A glass chip used as a nozzle to create thin sheets of flowing liquid.
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SLAC and its collaborators are transforming the way new materials are discovered. In a new report, they combine artificial intelligence and accelerated experiments to...

SLAC postdoctoral scholar Fang Ren at an SSRL beamline
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When it comes to making molecular movies, producing the world’s fastest X-ray pulses is only half the battle. A new technique reveals details about...

Illustration of the LCSL "attoclock"
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Understanding strontium titanate’s odd behavior will aid efforts to develop materials that conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at higher temperatures.

Image of magnet floating above a superconducting material
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Research conducted at the atomic scale could help explain how electric currents move efficiently through hybrid perovskites, promising materials for solar cells.

Illustration of what happens when simulated sunlight hits perovskite
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One of the pioneering particle physicists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Taylor carried out experiments that led to the 1990

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Streamlining their journey through the electrolyte could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster.

Illustration of molecular layers in battery electrolyte
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Experiments with 'molecular anvils' mark an important advance for mechanochemistry, which has the potential to make chemistry greener and more precise.

Illustration of soft molecules attached to molecular anvils between diamond tips
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Subatomic Smackdown

When it comes to talent, versatility and the power to change the world, which atomic particle is the champ?

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Two dozen teams competed for a chance to go to the Nationals, and 60 trained volunteers worked to make the regional contest happen.

Regional Science Bowl champion team
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The new technique will allow researchers to observe ultrafast chemical processes previously undetectable at the atomic scale.

Yuantao Ding and Marc Guetg in the SLAC Control Room
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The goal of these X-ray studies is to find ways to improve manufacturing of specialized metal parts for the aerospace, aircraft, automotive and healthcare...

A metal 3-D printed sample.