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SLAC researchers drew on advanced computation and X-ray methods to track down a water-splitting copper catalyst.

The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric – and quantum – territory. 

He met with SLAC staff and toured the lab’s cutting-edge facilities, diving into world-leading research in X-ray and ultrafast science, artificial intelligence, astrophysics and...

Researchers aim to refine control room tools, improve training, and pave the way for smarter cooperation between humans and machines by studying how operators...

Leading researchers met at SLAC on Pellegrini’s 90th birthday to honor his ongoing scientific legacy and to explore the future of X-ray free-electron laser...

Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, the method revealed atomic motions in a simple catalyst, opening the door to study more complex molecules key to chemical...

Oxidizing chemicals break this cellular power plant into useless bits, leading to  Parkinson’s disease, ALS, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. A small molecule...

A look inside the data processing infrastructure built by the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory to handle the Universe’s greatest data challenge.

Rubin will observe more variable stars than ever before, enabling investigations into what drives their variation and mapping the outer limits of our galaxy.