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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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H. Pierre Noyes, the first director of SLAC's Theory Group, died in Stanford on Sept. 30, 2016, at age 92. Noyes, a theoretical physicist...

photo - pierre noyes
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An ancient surprise surfaced in 1964 during construction of the 2-mile linear accelerator.

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After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser

photo - the empty accelerator tunnel
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Kelly Gaffney is the director of SSRL, SLAC's synchrotron that produces extremely bright x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at...

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

The Value of Basic Research

How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.

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Most experiments searching for mysterious dark matter require massive colliders, but Stanford physicist and SLAC collaborator Peter Graham advocates a different, less costly approach.

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Using an electric field, researchers drew magnetic designs in nonmagnetic material. These efforts could lead to new types of storage devices.

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Computer simulations by SLAC physicists show how light pulses can create channels that conduct electricity with no resistance in some atomically thin semiconductors.

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Scientists at Stanford and SLAC use diamondoids – the smallest possible bits of diamond – to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires.

Diamondoids on a lab bench and under microscope, with penny for scale
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After 30 years in industry, he is leading a new focus at the lab’s SSRL X-ray light source and looking for ways to build...

Simon Bare at SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
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Squeezing a platinum catalyst a fraction of a nanometer nearly doubles its catalytic activity, a finding that could lead to better fuel cells and...

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Paleontologist Phil Manning describes the “Imaging Life on Earth” project at TEDxCharleston.