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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes

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Laser-timing Tool Works at the Speed of Electrons

Image - An illustration of the setup used to test an "attosecond" timing tool at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser. The dashed line represents the arrival time of the X-ray laser.
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Last year, a monster magnet set out from Brookhaven National Lab on an epic trek by land and sea to Fermilab, where it will...

Photo – The Muon g-2 Detector Group
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LSST Will Capture Unprecedented View of Night Sky

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The Higgs boson could be the tool that leads scientists to the next big discovery.

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With two SLAC researchers in the lead, an analysis of the enigmatic Fermi bubbles has narrowed down the number of possibilities for their origin...

Image - Artist's representation of Fermi bubbles
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DOE-funded Program Benefits Companies, the Lab and Society

A copper acceleration cavity with an extremely thin coating of tungsten.
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Photon science, a spin-off of particle physics, has returned to its roots for help developing better, faster detectors.

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Researchers have taken a big step toward accomplishing what battery designers have been trying to do for decades – design a pure lithium anode.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

How to Weigh a Galaxy Cluster

Step on a scale and you’ll get a quick measure of your weight. Weighing galaxy clusters, groups of hundreds or thousands of galaxies bound...

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A determined volunteer gives an old detector new life as the centerpiece of a cosmic ray exhibit.

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Highly Efficient Nanoparticles Could Bring Down the Cost of Fuel Cells

Photo of a hydrogen fuel cell car
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Scientists from two experiments have banded together to create a single comprehensive record of their work for scientific posterity.

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