Feng Lin Wins Spicer Award for Smart Window, Battery Research
A researcher who performed a variety of X-ray experiments at SLAC’s synchrotron will receive an annual scientific award during a SLAC conference next month.
Roopali Kukreja wins 2015 Klein Award for X-ray Work
The former SLAC and Stanford researcher will be recognized during a SLAC conference next month for her work in studying nanoscale magnetic and electronic processes.
Explore the World of Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka
Visit the immersive Nobel Labs 360 website about Kobilka, including an interactive tour of his work at SSRL. To find the SSRL section, click twice on the window in the upper right corner.
Researchers See 'Spin Current' in Motion for the First Time
Researchers at SLAC have for the first time seen a spin current – an inherent magnetic property common to all electrons – as it travels across materials.
X-ray Duo's Research Helps Launch Human Trial for Treatment of Arsenic Poisoning
Graham George and Ingrid Pickering, a husband and wife X-ray research team, are co-leading a new study in Bangladesh to test whether selenium supplements can protect people from arsenic poisoning.
Microscopic Rake Doubles Efficiency of Low-cost Solar Cells
A SLAC/Stanford manufacturing technique could help make inexpensive polymer-based solar cells an attractive alternative to silicon-crystal wafers.
Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project Awards $9.3 Million for Innovative Energy Research
SUNCAT and SIMES researchers have received funding from Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project to support research related to generating renewable fuels.
Social Scientist Chooses SLAC as Case Study for Transformation of 'Big Science'
A researcher interviewed SLAC and Stanford administrators, scientists and Nobel laureates and sifted through archival materials to better understand the drivers for change in SLAC’s science mission.
New Design Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Low-cost Solar Panels
A new design tested in experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory could improve plastic solar panel materials.
Newly Discovered Property Could Help Beat the Heat Problem in Computer Chips
X-ray studies at SLAC have observed an exotic property that could improve performance in ever-smaller computer components.
SLAC Researcher Receives DOE 'Early Career' Grant to Support X-ray Optics and Imaging
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.
DOE’s Office of Science Selects 44 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
SLAC's Anne Sakdinawat is among the recipients, for her research “Hybrid Nanoscale X‐ray Imaging: Direct and Computational Imaging with Advanced X‐ray Diffractive Optics."
Researchers Study How Metal Contamination Makes Gasoline Production Inefficient
Scientists at SLAC and Utrecht University have identified how catalysts degrade when used to refine crude oil.
Semiconductor Works Better when Hitched to Graphene
Recent experiments at SLAC's SSRL reveal that an organic semiconductor transports electrical charge more efficiently when combined with the wonder material graphene.
Scientists Get First Glimpse of a Chemical Bond Being Born
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.
Record Keeping Helps Bacteria’s Immune System Fight Invaders
Research reveals that the bacterial immune system can better destroy viral attackers by saving genetic records of previously encountered viruses.
X-ray Study Reveals Division of Labor in Cell Health Protein
Research performed in part at SLAC has provided new insights into how "TH proteins" couple two important processes needed to maintain healthy cells.
SLAC Welcomes Professor and Chemical Sciences Division Director Tony Heinz
He’s known for exploring fundamental properties of novel materials on the nanoscale, and for developing new tools for the exploration.
SLAC Scientists Search for New Ways to Deal with U.S. Uranium Ore Processing Legacy
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 Scientists Search for New Ways to Deal with U.S. Uranium Ore Processing Legacy
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.
