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These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making electrical transmission nearly 100 percent efficient.

Illustration of spin and charge stripes modeled by computer
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Data: How It’s Made

In the Large Hadron Collider, protons become new particles, which become energy and light, which become data.

In experiments with the lab’s ultrafast "electron camera," laser light hitting a material is almost completely converted into nuclear vibrations, which are key to switching a material’s properties on and off for future electronics and other applications.

UED Molybdenum Diselenide
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Putting the Puzzle Together

Successful physics collaborations rely on cooperation between people from many different disciplines.

News Feature · VIA SLAC Flickr

Photos: LSST Camera's First Sensor Array Arrives

21 of these "science rafts" will go into the world's largest digital camera for astronomy, which is being assembled and tested at SLAC.

First LSST Science Raft

Research with SLAC’s X-ray laser simulates what happens when a meteor hits Earth’s crust. The results suggest that scientists studying impact sites have been overestimating the sizes of the meteors that made them.

News Feature · VIA Stanford News

Double-Duty Textile Could Warm or Cool

Clothing made from a reversible fabric, developed in part by SIMES researchers, could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable, bringing down buildings’ energy costs.

The prestigious award recognizes her seminal contributions to particle physics.

Helen Quinn

A new way to observe this deformation as it happens can help study a wide range of phenomena, from meteor impacts to high-performance ceramics used in armor, as well as how to protect spacecraft from high-speed dust impacts.

Image depicting an experiment at LCLS that shocks a tantalum sample

The award honors his contributions to research and education as founding president of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST).

Jonathan and Renee Dorfan

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