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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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SLAC has led the development and implementation of a variety of upgrades to the ATLAS experiment to match the increased discovery potential of an...

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Mathematician to Know: Emmy Noether

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

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Researchers discovered that adding two chemicals to the electrolyte of a lithium metal battery prevents the formation of dendrites – “fingers” of lithium that...

Image - concept of dendrites v pancakes
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Making the Portable Gamma Camera

The end of the Cold War and the cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider led to the creation of a life-saving medical device.

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OPERA Catches Fifth Tau Neutrino

The OPERA experiment’s study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of “discovery.”

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Masanori Yamauchi started his three-year term as head of Japan’s major center of particle physics research this spring.

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X-ray studies at SLAC have observed an exotic property that could improve performance in ever-smaller computer components.

3-D negative electronic compressibility, observed for the first time in research conducted, in part,
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Steady to a Fault

How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth?

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Data collection has officially begun at the Large Hadron Collider.

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SLAC and the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis supported creation of a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries...

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Results from SIMES theorists pave the way for experiments that create and control new forms of matter with light.

Depiction of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern to form graphene
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A Goldmine of Scientific Research

The underground home of the LUX dark matter experiment has a rich scientific history.