LCLS Finding Gives a Better Understanding of Light-Matter Interaction
While conducting experiments with the LCLS’s Atomic Molecular Optical instrument, a team of SLAC physicists found that the damage process in nanometer-sized clusters of atoms…
While conducting experiments with the LCLS’s Atomic Molecular Optical instrument, a team of SLAC physicists found that the damage process in nanometer-sized clusters of atoms…
Initial results from BaBar data suggest that a particular type of particle decay called “B to D-star-tau-nu” happens more often than the Standard Model says…
A new technique developed by an international research team uses X-ray laser pulses from SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source to zap the innermost electrons out…
Scientists from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Palermo examined a weapon that an ancient warship used to ram enemy ships in the…
Scientists from the Berkeley Lab and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using the Linac Coherent Light Source to research a tiny cluster of molecules that…
While studying neutrino properties and searching for a mechanism called “neutrinoless double-beta decay,” scientists at the Enriched Xenon Observatory 200 found with the highest degree…
A recent low-energy test with SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source proved that the X-ray laser could dip more deeply into the so-called “water window,” and…
Researchers from SLAC and Stanford have teamed with scientists at the Max Planck Institute to examine catalysts in an effort to find an efficient way…
By combining observations from the Large Area Telescope and the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia, scientists have found a new technique for hunting pulsars. The…
While using a technique to simultaneously blast and probe samples of graphite, scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory saw ultrafast changes from solid to liquid…
While using an instrument to measure the detailed superconducting gap structure of the ferropnictide superconductor BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2, physicists discovered experimental evidence that iron-based superconductors fall into…
Using SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, a team of physicists discovered never-before-seen behavior by electrons in a material called striped nickelate, representing a new era…
New silicon battery technology is a major step forward in creating smaller, lighter and longer-lasting batteries. The new design contains a double-walled silicon nanotube coated…
If you think your new 14 megapixel camera is powerful, take a look at the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Designed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,…
Roughly four years after Fermi began studying gamma-rays, a soon-to-be-published study documents interesting findings. It turns out that the Crab Nebula and other individual point…
New research at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) has shown a promising new way to collect data on membrane proteins in the human body….
The first ever electrons with tunable properties were observed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. By repositioning the carbon monoxide molecules that were placed on…
Topological insulators, such as sheets of bismuth selenide, are ultra-thin sheets of material that are transparent, flexible, and highly conductive. Scientists at the SLAC National…