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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes
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A determined volunteer gives an old detector new life as the centerpiece of a cosmic ray exhibit.

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Highly Efficient Nanoparticles Could Bring Down the Cost of Fuel Cells

Photo of a hydrogen fuel cell car
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Scientists from two experiments have banded together to create a single comprehensive record of their work for scientific posterity.

Man at podium with a big book
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SLAC Experiment Provides New Insight About How Electrons Move Across Molecules

Researchers used SLAC's LCLS X-ray laser to stimulate and measure the electron-transfer process inside a severed methyl iodide molecule.
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Sulfur Cathode Experiments Test Chemistry Beyond Conventional Lithium-Ion

Photo - scientist preparing a dime-sized prototype battery
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Linear Accelerator Generates First Positron Beams Since 2008

Photo – FACET instruments, including plasma oven for plasma wakefield experiments.
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Detecting new physics isn’t quite like detecting cat videos—yet.

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Together, three experiments, two with major SLAC contributions, will search for a variety of types of dark matter particles.

This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, also known as the "bullet cluster."
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SLAC, Stanford Advance Will Benefit Thousands of Computational Studies in Wide Range of Fields

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Using high-brilliance X-rays, researchers track the process that fuel cells use to produce electricity, knowledge that will help make large-scale

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Two years after the groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson, physicists are still hard at work.

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SLAC scientist Michael Kelsey sees connections between the communities of physicists and do-it-yourselfers.

Michael Kelsey