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- SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera built for astronomy https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-04-03-slac-completes-construction-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-astronomy 13 comments
- LSST Camera: largest camera for astronomy https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/lsst 22 comments
- Scientists discover how high-energy electrons strengthen magnetic fields https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2021-07-19-scientists-discover-how-high-energy-electrons-strengthen-magnetic-fields.aspx 6 comments
- Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-09-08-sensors-world-largest-digital-camera-snap-first-3200-megapixel-images-slac.aspx 69 comments
- AI Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10M Times Faster https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2017-08-30-artificial-intelligence-analyzes-gravitational-lenses-10-million-times-faster.aspx 5 comments
- 200-terawatt Laser Brings New Extremes in Heat, Pressure to X-ray Experiments https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2015-10-05-200-terawatt-laser-brings-new-extremes-heat-pressure-x-ray-experiments.aspx 2 comments
- SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-04-03-slac-completes-construction-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-astronomy 3 comments space
- Researchers add a ‘twist’ to classical material design. They’ve discovered that crystals can twist when they are sandwiched between two substrates – a critical step toward exploring new material properties for electronics and other applications. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-01-24-researchers-add-twist-classical-material-design 2 comments science
- Researchers add a ‘twist’ to classical material design. They’ve discovered that crystals can twist when they are sandwiched between two substrates – a critical step toward exploring new material properties for electronics and other applications. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-01-24-researchers-add-twist-classical-material-design 10 comments technews
- ‘Computer vision’ reveals physical and chemical details of how a lithium-ion battery works https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-09-13-computer-vision-reveals-unprecedented-physical-and-chemical-details-how-lithium-ion 3 comments science
- Researchers show how to increase X-ray laser brightness and power using a crystal cavity and diamond mirrors | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-08-02-researchers-show-how-increase-x-ray-laser-brightness-and-power-using-crystal-cavity 2 comments science
- New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-07-20-new-catalyst-could-dramatically-cut-methane-pollution-millions-engines 15 comments energy
- New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-07-20-new-catalyst-could-dramatically-cut-methane-pollution-millions-engines 24 comments science
- Humidity – not just light – causes color degradation in historical paintings, researchers discover https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-07-06-humidity-not-just-light-causes-color-degradation-historical-paintings-researchers 13 comments science
- Researchers capture elusive missing step in the final act of photosynthesis https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2023-05-03-researchers-capture-elusive-missing-step-final-act-photosynthesis 12 comments science
- Swirling rainbow patterns demonstrate the thin film interference principle in action, for molecular-level study of interfaces at which liquids interact https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-11-30-shining-new-light-oil-slick-rainbows-and-other-thin-layer-physics 3 comments science
- ‘Diamond rain’ on Neptune-like planets could be more common than previously thought https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-09-02-diamond-rain-giant-icy-planets-could-be-more-common-previously-thought 129 comments space
- ‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought, new study finds https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-09-02-diamond-rain-giant-icy-planets-could-be-more-common-previously-thought 139 comments science
- Rechargeable battery decay depends on how many times you've charged it https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-04-28-what-drives-rechargeable-battery-decay-depends-how-many-times-youve-charged-it.aspx 6 comments science
- SLAC scientists discovered that triggering superconductivity with a flash of light can host brief flashes of room-temperature superconductivity. These results open a new path toward producing room-temperature superconductivity that’s stable enough for practical devices. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-02-09-study-raises-new-possibilities-triggering-room-temperature-superconductivity-light 13 comments science
- Revitalizing batteries by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-01-03-revitalizing-batteries-bringing-dead-lithium-back-life.aspx 14 comments futurology
- Room-temperature crystallography aids new study of photosynthetic bacteria. Recently developed methods now in use at SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron helped a team of chemists better understand how certain bacteria turn light into chemical energy. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2021-12-16-room-temperature-crystallography-aids-new-study-photosynthetic-bacteria.aspx 3 comments science
- Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2022-01-03-revitalizing-batteries-bringing-dead-lithium-back-life.aspx 2 comments science
- The intense pressurized conditions of Earth's outer core have been recreated in a lab. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2021-11-11-researchers-recreate-deep-earth-conditions-see-how-iron-copes-extreme-stress.aspx 5 comments science
- In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules. Scientists have made the first direct observation of how hydrogen atoms in water molecules tug and push neighboring water molecules when they are excited with laser light. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2021-08-25-first-scientists-capture-quantum-tug-between-neighboring-water-molecules.aspx 5 comments science
- In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2021-08-25-first-scientists-capture-quantum-tug-between-neighboring-water-molecules.aspx 3 comments technology
- Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC(Future use telescopes) https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-09-08-sensors-world-largest-digital-camera-snap-first-3200-megapixel-images-slac.aspx 3 comments space
- In a step forward for orbitronics, scientists break the link between a quantum material's spin and orbital states https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-05-15-step-forward-orbitronics-scientists-break-link-between-quantum-materials-spin-and 5 comments science
- Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2017-08-30-artificial-intelligence-analyzes-gravitational-lenses-10-million-times-faster.aspx 3 comments space
- Scientists have for the first time observed, using a synchrotron, “artificial atoms” (nanocrystals) organize themselves into structures that look like molecules, including “superlattices”, that are potential building blocks for solar cells, optoelectronics and catalysts, as reported in Nature. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2017-07-31-scientists-watch-%E2%80%98artificial-atoms%E2%80%99-assemble-perfect-lattices-many-uses.aspx 4 comments science
- Study sheds new light on why batteries go bad: Rapid charging and draining doesn’t damage lithium ion electrode as much as thought https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2014-09-14-study-sheds-new-light-why-batteries-go-bad.aspx 7 comments science
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials: Scientistsy have found a way to estimate uncertainties in computer calculations that are widely used to speed the search for new materials for industry, electronics, energy, drug design and a host of other applications https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2014-07-10-uncertainty-gives-scientists-new-confidence-search-novel-materials.aspx 4 comments science
- Scientists Take First Dip into Water’s Mysterious ‘No Man’s Land’ https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2014-06-18-lcls-water-no-mans-land.aspx 4 comments science
- Scientists have discovered a new material than has the same electronic properties as two-dimensional graphene, but in a stable 3D form https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2014-06-02-scientists-find-stronger-3-d-material-behaves-graphene.aspx 25 comments science
- Stanene, new single-layer material made of tin atoms, could theoretically conduct electricity with 100% efficiency at room temperature https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-11-21-tin-super-material-stanene.aspx 29 comments technology
- Will 2-D tin be the next super saterial: A single layer of tin atoms could be the world’s first material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures that computer chips operate, according to a team of theoretical physicists https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-11-21-tin-super-material-stanene.aspx 67 comments science
- Particle Accelerator smaller than a grain of rice. The system uses lasers to propel electrons at speeds ten times greater than todays SLAC linear accelerator. http://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-09-27-accelerator-on-a-chip.aspx 222 comments science
- Researchers have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral. Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon chips, enabling faster, more powerful computing devices. http://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-07-28-ultrafast-electrical-switch.aspx 37 comments science
- Lithium-sulfur battery breakthrough stores 5 times more energy than existing Lithium-ion batteries. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-01-08-sulfer-yolk.aspx 12 comments science
- With "yolk-shell" nanoparticle design, scientists achieve world record for energy storage in lithium-ion battery http://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-01-08-sulfer-yolk.aspx 8 comments science