Working with a metal oxide that shows promise for future generations of electronic devices, IBM and SLAC scientists have shown they can precisely control...

On Dec. 2-4, scientists from around the United States will meet at SLAC to discuss some of the most pressing scientific questions in particle...

Jolting complex materials with bursts of energy from rapid-fire lasers can help scientists learn why some of these materials exhibit useful properties such as...

A new tool at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source splits individual X-ray laser pulses into two pulses that can hit a target one right...

The results are an important step in designing these solid-state devices for computer memories that would operate much faster, last longer and use less...

From 'Hollow' Atoms to Structures Inside Living Cells, SLAC's Laser Continues to Explore Science at the Extremes

Water is more complicated than it seems. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University has probed the movements of its molecules on...

Two dark matter hunters with decades of experience between them are turning SLAC into their base of operations for LZ, the next big dark...

SIMES Researcher Developed Innovative Printing Process

With SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, timing is everything. Its pulses are designed to explore atomic-scale processes that are measured in femtoseconds...

Two new research projects support the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences in the study of exotic new materials that could enable future...

Up close, they look simple as can be: a pair of metal bars, each with one side polished to a brilliant shine.