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Researchers discovered that adding two chemicals to the electrolyte of a lithium metal battery prevents the formation of dendrites – “fingers” of lithium that pierce the barrier between the battery’s halves, causing it to short out, overheat and sometimes burst...

The end of the Cold War and the cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider led to the creation of a life-saving medical device.

The OPERA experiment’s study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of “discovery.”

Masanori Yamauchi started his three-year term as head of Japan’s major center of particle physics research this spring.

X-ray studies at SLAC have observed an exotic property that could improve performance in ever-smaller computer components.

How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth?

Data collection has officially begun at the Large Hadron Collider.

SLAC and the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis supported creation of a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors.

Results from SIMES theorists pave the way for experiments that create and control new forms of matter with light.

The underground home of the LUX dark matter experiment has a rich scientific history.

The Large Hadron Collider broke its own record again in 13-trillion-electronvolt test collisions.

Researchers at SLAC are setting up a test stand and liquid xenon purification system for the future LZ experiment, which is scheduled to begin its search for dark matter particles in 2019.