The Medal is the Nation's Highest Honor for Achievement in the Field of Science

A new understanding of the nucleation process could shed light on how the shells help microbes interact with their environments, and help people design...

The results  could lead to a better understanding of reactions with vital roles in chemistry and biology. 

The latest results put the strongest constraints on the expansion of the universe ever obtained with DES supernova data.

SLAC and Stanford's Yi Cui leads the quest to build more energetic batteries. For SSRL's involvement, read the sidebar "Batteries: An Inside Story."

SLAC’s Matt Garrett and Susan Simpkins talk about tech transfer that brings innovations from the national lab to the people, including advances for medical...

SLAC's Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) recently hosted many of the top scientists in the field to discuss the most important...

James’ research on chronic and acute mercury exposure challenges conventional views

The giant cavity, in a protein that transports nutrients across the cell membrane, is unlike anything researchers have seen before.

Scientists used SLAC's LCLS X-ray laser to make the first snapshots of a chemical interaction between two biomolecules. It changes the shape of millions...

SLAC’s X-ray laser and Matter in Extreme Conditions instrument allow researchers to examine the exotic precipitation in real time as it materializes in the...

A new study is a step forward in understanding why perovskite materials work so well in energy devices and potentially leads the way toward...