A study including SLAC scientists and facilities discovers a new process that shows promise in turning the greenhouse gas back into usable fuels.

Scientists are designing a next-generation experiment to map the Big Bang’s relic afterglow.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will be named for an influential astronomer who left the field better than she found it.

Just as engineers once compressed some of the power of room-sized mainframes into desktop PCs, so too have the researchers shown how to pack...

With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond.

The SLAC/Stanford scientists are among 120 new members of an organization that advises the nation on science and technology issues.

Siegfried Glenzer's team and collaborators from Tel Aviv University are working on a method that could make proton accelerators 100 times smaller without giving...

Physicists at SLAC and Stanford propose that the influence of cosmic rays on early life may explain nature’s preference for a uniform “handedness” among...

Blandford’s major contributions range from energetic jets ripping forth from colossal black holes to cosmic “magnifying” glasses to gravitational waves.

A new lithium-based electrolyte invented by Stanford University scientists could pave the way for the next generation of battery-powered electric vehicles.

Researchers have invented a way to slide atomically-thin layers of 2D materials over one another to store more data, in less space and using...

For decades Z-X Shen has ridden a wave of curiosity about the strange behavior of electrons that can levitate magnets.