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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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Their results suggest a more efficient way to store energy from solar and wind power by converting it into renewable fuels.

A water-splitting device at the University of Toronto
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CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Bump Watch 2016

A bump in the LHC data has physicists electrified…but what does it mean?

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Scientists have determined in atomic detail how a potential drug molecule fits into and blocks a channel in cell membranes that Ebola and related...

Alex Kintzer and Robert Stroud at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source.
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Toward next-generation electronics, better medications and green energy solutions: "The First Five Years" point to a bright future of high-impact discovery at LCLS.

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Test of DUNE Tech Begins

On the road to the world’s largest neutrino detector, take the “DUNE Buggy.”

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Daya Bay Discovers a Mismatch

The latest measurements from the Daya Bay neutrino experiment in China don’t align with predictions from nuclear theory.

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Contributions to LIGO have come from many Stanford teams, including SLAC, Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics and the School of Earth, Energy...

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At SLAC's Regional DOE Science Bowl on Saturday, Lynbrook High School pulled off a repeat performance of their 2015 win.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

This Radioactive Life

Radiation is everywhere. The question is: How much?

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Wrapping silicon anode particles in custom-fit graphene cages could solve two major obstacles to using silicon in high-capacity lithium ion batteries.

Illustration of silicon particles with and without graphene cages
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Our Imperfect Vacuum

The emptiest parts of the universe aren’t so empty after all.