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This ‘beautiful’ herringbone-like pattern could give rise to unique features that scientists are just starting to explore.

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This illustration depicts a herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a quantum material created by researchers at SLAC and Stanford.

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Scientists already knew the atoms in perovskites, a promising class of solar cell materials, react favorably to light. Now they can see precisely how...

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Researchers discover that electrons play a surprising role in heat transfer between layers of semiconductors, with implications for next-generation electronic devices.

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Illustration of electrons between layers of 2D semiconductor materials, facilitating rapid heat transfer.

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Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

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Once built, the system could produce fast X-ray pulses ten times more powerful than ever before.

illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity – a key component of SLAC’s future LCLS-II X-ray laser.

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A machine learning algorithm automatically extracts information to speed up – and extend – the study of materials with X-ray pulse pairs.

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For decades, materials scientists have focused on materials that are relatively balanced and unchanging – but not Yijing Huang, a postdoctoral scholar at the...

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Blaine Mooers, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, has won this year’s Farrel W. Lytle...

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The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and...

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Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.

This ‘beautiful’ herringbone-like pattern could give rise to unique features that scientists are just starting to explore.

This illustration depicts a herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a quantum material created by researchers at SLAC and Stanford.

Scientists already knew the atoms in perovskites, a promising class of solar cell materials, react favorably to light. Now they can see precisely how those atoms move. A breakthrough in visualization supports their efforts to squeeze every possible drop of...

Researchers discover that electrons play a surprising role in heat transfer between layers of semiconductors, with implications for next-generation electronic devices.

Illustration of electrons between layers of 2D semiconductor materials, facilitating rapid heat transfer.

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

Once built, the system could produce fast X-ray pulses ten times more powerful than ever before.

A machine learning algorithm automatically extracts information to speed up – and extend – the study of materials with X-ray pulse pairs.

For decades, materials scientists have focused on materials that are relatively balanced and unchanging – but not Yijing Huang, a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. With the aid of SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source...

Blaine Mooers, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, has won this year’s Farrel W. Lytle Award for advancing synchrotron science and RNA editing research at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National...

The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and met the new dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability, among other matters.

Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.

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SLAC, Stanford researchers make a new type of quantum material with a dramatic distortion pattern

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Researchers can ‘see’ crystals perform their dance moves

Electronic bridge allows rapid energy sharing between semiconductors

UED electronic bridge

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

Researchers adapt a Nobel Prize-winning method to design new, ultra-powerful X-ray systems

Artificial intelligence deciphers detector "clouds" to accelerate materials research

Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

Blaine Mooers wins 2022 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron leadership and RNA research

‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future

MEC silicon

SLAC, Stanford researchers make a new type of quantum material with a dramatic distortion pattern

Distorted quantum material

Researchers can ‘see’ crystals perform their dance moves

Electronic bridge allows rapid energy sharing between semiconductors

UED electronic bridge

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

Researchers adapt a Nobel Prize-winning method to design new, ultra-powerful X-ray systems

Artificial intelligence deciphers detector "clouds" to accelerate materials research

Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

Blaine Mooers wins 2022 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron leadership and RNA research

‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future

MEC silicon