The discovery will help art conservators develop new preservation techniques.

Batteries come in many shapes and sizes, but their materials can be hard to source. SLAC researchers are trying to build them with more abundant and ethical elements.

The results should further our understanding of similar reactions with vital roles in chemistry, such as the production of vitamin D in our bodies.

Chemical reactions often involve intermediate steps that are too fast and complex for us to see  – even using our most advanced scientific instruments. Combining two X-ray spectroscopy techniques has now been shown to change that.

After decades of effort, scientists have finally seen the process by which nature creates the oxygen we breathe using SLAC’s X-ray laser.

A molecule with hooks that can grip and disable the virus’s pesky protease shows potential for fighting infection.

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

Experiments visualize how 2D perovskite structures change when excited.

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

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.

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.