Ghostly galaxies composed almost entirely of dark matter speckle the universe. Unlike normal galaxies, these extreme systems contain very few stars and are almost...

Picking a relatively simple system, scientists at the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and their collaborators used advanced tools to see...

CA—Scientists working in part at the Department of Energy's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) have discovered a gene for a protein that regulates the...

A collaboration of scientists including researchers from the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) have for the first time successfully demonstrated the...

The Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center officially broke ground today for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's first X-ray free-electron...

The speed of magnetic recording – a crucial factor in a computer's power and multimedia capabilities – depends on how fast one can switch...

The physicists of antiquity called it one of nature's fundamental elements; third-graders know its chemical formula; and all known forms of life need it...

"The light shines brilliantly these days at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL). The start up of SSRL's new synchrotron light facility, SPEAR3, guarantees...

Once built, the system could produce fast X-ray pulses ten times more powerful than ever before.

A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F. 

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding. 

Batavia, Ill.—The worldwide particle physics community today (August 12) launched Interactions.org, a new global, Web-based resource developed to provide news, high-quality imagery, video...