X-ray light sources and electron imaging

To invent a new tool for studying how chemicals react at interfaces, researchers shoot tiny jets of oil and water at each other and illuminate them.

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

The award celebrates Huang’s achievements studying atom-scale physics with fast X-ray pulses.

His work has led to new treatments for advanced lung cancer and a better understanding of dangerous parasites.

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.

They saw how the material finds a path to contorting and flexing to avoid being irreversibly crushed.