Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

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

Anne Sakdinawat, a SLAC scientist, has been selected to receive a grant to advance her work in producing and using new types of X-ray imaging tools.

Scientists at SLAC and Utrecht University have identified how catalysts degrade when used to refine crude oil.

Recent experiments at SLAC's SSRL reveal that an organic semiconductor transports electrical charge more efficiently when combined with the wonder material graphene.

Scientists have used an X-ray laser at SLAC to get the first glimpse of the transition state where two atoms begin to form a weak bond on the way to becoming a molecule.

Research reveals that the bacterial immune system can better destroy viral attackers by saving genetic records of previously encountered viruses.

Research performed in part at SLAC has provided new insights into how "TH proteins" couple two important processes needed to maintain healthy cells.

He’s known for exploring fundamental properties of novel materials on the nanoscale, and for developing new tools for the exploration.

In an important step toward handling the nation’s uranium milling legacy, researchers try to understand why contamination at remediated uranium processing sites continues to persist at dangerously high levels.

SLAC study shows the so-called ‘pseudogap’ hoards electrons that otherwise might pair up to carry current through a material with 100 percent efficiency.

Understanding details of a flu antibody offers new insight for future structure-based drug discovery and novel avenues for designing vaccines.

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are combining the speed and precision of robots with one of the brightest X-ray lasers on the planet for pioneering studies of proteins important to biology and drug discovery.