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May 25 | News
Scientists from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, and Germany have figured out a key part of the industrial process for making methanol. It’s an important step toward improving the process—and eventually realizing the goal of turning a potent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into fuel.
May 21 | News
In experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a powerful X-ray laser blasted solid carbon crystals into a liquid and plasma even faster than expected, raising new questions about how these intense beams interact with matter. The tests took place at the Linac Coherent Light Source, or LCLS, using a pioneering technique to simultaneously blast and probe samples of graphite, a pure form of carbon.
May 18 | News
Condensed-matter physicists the world over are in hot pursuit of a comprehensive understanding of high-temperature superconductivity, not just for its technological benefits but for the clues it holds to strongly correlated electron systems. One important avenue of investigation is pairing symmetry.
May 16 | News
An
international team of researchers has used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light
Source (LCLS) to discover never-before-seen behavior by electrons in
complex materials known for their strongly correlated structures. The
unusual qualities of these materials, which include oxides such as
striped nickelate, stem from the collective behavior of their electrons.
May 15 | News
For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds. Using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, Stefan Hau-Riege of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and colleagues heated graphite to induce a transition from solid to liquid and to warm-dense plasma.
May 10 | News
For more than a decade, scientists have tried to improve lithium-based batteries by replacing the graphite in one terminal with silicon, which can store 10 times more charge. But after just a few charge/discharge cycles, the silicon structure would crack and crumble, rendering the battery useless. Now a team led by materials scientist has found a solution: a cleverly designed double-walled nanostructure that lasts more than 6,000 cycles, far more than needed by electric vehicles or mobile electronics.
Apr 24 | News
A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera designed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is now one step closer to reality. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera, which will capture the widest, fastest, and deepest view of the night sky ever observed, has received "Critical Decision 1" approval by the U.S. Department of Energy to move into the next stage of the project.
Mar 23 | News
Two recent papers show it's possible to significantly correct the jitter in X-ray laser experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Linac Coherent Light Source, opening up important new possibilities for seeing ultrafast, atomic-scale changes in materials.
Mar 14 | News
Researchers from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the first-ever system of "designer electrons"—exotic variants of ordinary electrons with tunable properties that may ultimately lead to new types of materials and devices.
Mar 14 | News
Experiments at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have shown a promising new way to collect data on membrane proteins, which serve as gateways in and out of cells. Researchers embedded tiny protein crystals in an oily paste that mimics the supportive environment of the cell membrane, and then hit them with a powerful X-ray laser to determine the protein's structure.
