Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

This early-career scientist has undertaken challenging projects with significant implications for lithium-ion batteries.

A new twist on cryo-EM imaging reveals what’s going on inside MOFs, highly porous nanoparticles with big potential for storing fuel, separating gases and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

A close-up look at how microbes build their crystalline shells has implications for understanding how cell structures form, preventing disease and developing nanotechnology.

What they learned could help manufacturers design more reliable and longer-lasting batteries for smartphones and cars.

For mechanical engineer Sarah Edwards, SSRL is the ultimate classic car.

X-rays reveal an extinct mouse was dressed in brown to reddish fur on its back and sides and had a tiny white tummy.

Scientists precisely control where single-atom catalysts sit on their support structures, and show how changing their position affects their reactivity.

In SLAC’s accelerator control room, shift lead Ben Ripman and a team of operators fine-tune X-ray beams for science experiments around the clock.

Researchers will use SLAC’s X-ray light source to probe 150 million-year-old dinosaur fossils at the atomic level.

Combination of research methods reveals causes of capacity fading, giving scientists better insight to design advanced batteries for electric vehicles

New research offers the first complete picture of why a promising approach of stuffing more lithium into battery cathodes leads to their failure. A better understanding of this phenomenon could be the key to smaller phone batteries and electric cars that drive farther between charges.

Detailed observations of iridium atoms at work could help make catalysts that drive chemical reactions smaller, cheaper and more efficient

Researchers mapped trace elements within Pleistocene fossils to learn about the life of a long-extinct subspecies of spotted hyena.

In a major step forward, SLAC’s X-ray laser captures all four stable states of the process that produces the oxygen we breathe, as well as fleeting steps in between. The work opens doors to understanding the past and creating a greener future.

A new study is a step forward in understanding why perovskite materials work so well in energy devices and potentially leads the way toward a theorized “hot” technology that would significantly improve the efficiency of today’s solar cells.

Revealed for the first time by a new X-ray laser technique, their surprisingly unruly response has profound implications for designing and controlling materials.

Two studies led by SLAC and Stanford capture electron “sound waves” and identify a positive feedback loop that may boost superconducting temperatures .

The annual conference for scientists who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources engaged about 400 researchers in talks, workshops and discussions.

Experiments at SLAC and Berkeley Lab uproot long-held assumptions and will inform future battery design.

In more than 185 experimental runs at SLAC’s synchrotron, he has pushed the envelope of both techniques and science.