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Energy and sustainability

Two of the most urgent challenges of our time – clean energy and sustainability – require investigation at the atomic level.

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Van de Graff generator

SAGE campers have fun experimenting with a Van de Graff generator.
August 28, 2024
SAGE campers have fun experimenting with a Van de Graff generator

Arianna Gleason

Staff scientist and deputy director of SLAC's High Energy Density Science division
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SLAC EXPERTS

William Chueh

Associate Professor of materials science and engineering and of energy science and engineering; Director, SLAC-Stanford Battery Center; Faculty Scientist, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES)

Areas of research:  energy science; materials for energy; clean energy; sustainability; batteries; energy storage and conversion electrochemistry; redox chemistry; engineering; materials science; X-ray science...

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SLAC Experts

Thomas Jaramillo

SUNCAT Director, Associate Professor of chemical engineering and of photon science

Areas of research: Energy sciences; catalysis; sustainable production and use of fuels and chemicals

Thomas Jaramillo, SUNCAT director
News Brief

Longstanding model fails to explain spin dynamics in 1D cuprates

The Hubbard Model was unable to predict electron dynamics in a simplified, one-dimensional cuprate system, hinting that an additional attractive force may be at...

April 9, 2025  ·  5 min read
Illustration of ultrastrong attraction between electrons in neighboring atoms within a 1D cuprate chain
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New study reveals how to make prescribed forest fires burn safer and cleaner

SLAC, Stanford researchers estimate that reducing harmful chemical emissions could cut cancer risks from smoke exposure by over 50%.

April 15, 2025
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SLAC to develop fusion energy target technology as part of DOE Fusion Innovation Research Engine Collaboratives

As a member of a collaborative team led by General Atomics, SLAC will help bridge basic research programs with the growing fusion industry. 

February 19, 2025  ·  2 min read
Graphic representation of lasers hitting a fusion fuel target in a fusion target chamber
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Fusion energy

Harnessing nuclear fusion would bring the clean, unlimited energy of the stars to Earth.

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SLAC scientists explain: What is inertial fusion energy?

Following the NIF ignition demonstrations, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. 

February 21, 2024  ·  8 min read
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Battery Informatics Lab

Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen demonstrates how he works in the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC. 

March 3, 2021
Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen demonstrates how he works in the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC
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Arrillaga Science Center battery research

Stanford postdoctoral researcher Stephen Dongmin Kang, left, demonstrates how he works at a modular glovebox workstation while Stanford postdoc Jungjin Park works at a...

March 3, 2021
Arrillaga Science Center battery research