Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
![Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/lithium_ion_oxygen_migration_la_final_1200x768.jpg?h=e735519e&itok=MsQNidT4)
![Perovskites’ unusual response to light could explain the high efficiency of these next-generation solar cell materials.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/ued_perovskite_artwork_final_1200x768.jpg?h=422c88a6&itok=OczF7K8g)
Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...
![XLEAP illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/xleap_leadart_final_full_0.jpg?h=2213e3e4&itok=RE6Pc5l8)
The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step...
![Nilsson science cover](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nilsson_science_cover_highres.jpg?h=accb01f1&itok=JjDDTck3)
Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.
![Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nature_lcls_rgb.jpg?h=c1adbf8b&itok=XbnpsFl9)
![Against a black background, thin, glowing red wires at top impinge on the hexagonal surface of a translucent mass. Small white dots travel along the edges of the surface in two directions. Within the mass, two orange cones meet at their tips.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/probing_topological_high_harmonics_artwork_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=NawlRLkX)
A muon, center, spins like a top within the atomic lattice of a thin film of superconducting nickelate.
![A brightly colored top is seen spinning between two layers of gray, purple and red spheres representing atoms in a nickel oxide superconductor. The top represents a fundamental particle called a muon.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/newtop3_blkbg.png?h=854a7be2&itok=A5z9SgZ8)