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October 7, 2015
A tiny change in the length of a chemical bond makes a big difference in the activity of a molecule important in health, drug development and...
October 5, 2015
A 200-terawatt laser at SLAC will synchronize with X-ray laser pulses to precisely measure more extreme temperatures and pressures in exotic forms...
October 2, 2015
SIMES research, which confounds two decades of assumptions on lithium-ion battery design, could lead to better batteries with more power and...

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September 10, 2015
Using a new technology for ultrafast science, researchers have for the first time observed extremely rapid atomic motions in a three-atom-thick...
August 31, 2015
The Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera – the world’s largest – at the heart of the...
August 26, 2015
A SLAC-led research team working at the lab’s FACET facility has demonstrated a new way of accelerating positrons that could help develop smaller,...