2012 News Feature Archive

December 21, 2012
X-ray Laser Research Ranks in Science Magazine's Top 10
December 14, 2012
BaBar Discovery a Top 10 Breakthrough in Physics in 2012
December 12, 2012
SIMES Researcher Recognized for Work in Topological Insulators
November 28, 2012
'Architect' of SLAC's Linear Accelerator Remembered
November 26, 2012
Diamond-like Coating Improves Electron Microscope Images
November 19, 2012
Magnetism Combines with Gravity to Shape Black Hole's Environment
November 15, 2012
Exploring Middle Ground of Solids and Liquids
November 14, 2012
Surprising Competition Found in High-Temperature Superconductors
November 8, 2012
A Grand Slam for Science
November 7, 2012
SSRL Experiments to Focus on Solar Tech
November 5, 2012
X-ray 'Prism' Explores Chemical Changes at the Molecular Scale
October 30, 2012
Actor Alan Alda Visits SLAC to Discuss Communicating Science to the Public
October 29, 2012
New Tool Puts LCLS X-ray Crystallography on a Diet
October 25, 2012
Using Light to Switch Off Magnetism
October 25, 2012
Building a Better Battery for Renewable Energy Storage
October 23, 2012
SSRL Yields Clues to Function of Vital Protein Family
October 12, 2012
Synchrotrons Play Role in Nobel Prize Research
October 11, 2012
LCLS-II Project Director John Galayda to Receive Wilson Prize
October 2, 2012
Panofsky Prize Honors Researchers' Underground Hunt for Dark Matter
October 1, 2012
SLAC Professor Emeritus Helen Quinn to Receive 2013 Sakurai Prize
October 1, 2012
SSRL Confirms Anti-Flu Proteins Work as Designed
September 26, 2012
Local Congresswomen, Entrepreneurs Extol the Value of Bay Area Light Sources
September 24, 2012
Small X-band Photoinjector Packs Powerful Punch
September 19, 2012
Team Uses SSRL to Decipher Structural Details of Deadly Enzyme
September 18, 2012
First Images from the Dark Energy Camera Help SLAC-Stanford Astrophysicists Seek the Invisible
September 17, 2012
SLAC Scientists Awarded Grants from Stanford Energy Institute
September 13, 2012
Energy@Stanford Conference Gives Students a Glimpse into SLAC
September 12, 2012
Bendable Crystals Resolve Properties of X-ray Pulses
August 30, 2012
Berkeley Lab Director Lauds SLAC's 50 Years of Service and Leadership
August 30, 2012
New Single-shot X-ray Technique Makes Magnetic Image
August 30, 2012
Laser Mashup: Researchers Mix X-ray, Optical Beams to Create Atomic Gauge
August 28, 2012
A Celebration 50 Years in the Making
August 24, 2012
SLAC at 50: Honoring the Past and Creating the Future
August 23, 2012
User Spotlight: Studying Air, Artifacts, Meteorites and More at SSRL
August 17, 2012
Superhard Diamond-Denting Material Created
August 16, 2012
Xradia: A Pioneering Provider of Innovative X-Ray Microscopes
August 15, 2012
Experiments Probe Megavirus in High Resolution
August 14, 2012
SSRL Contributes to Platinum-based Catalyst Design
August 6, 2012
Taking Some Guesswork Out of High-Energy Physics
August 2, 2012
SSI Celebrates 40 Years of Science, Learning and Friendship
July 23, 2012
SSRL Data Advances Prostate Cancer Drug Design
July 18, 2012
NSF: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Approved to Advance to Final Design Stage
July 18, 2012
Innovative SIMES Solar-Energy Technology Funded by DOE
July 18, 2012
Stanford-SLAC Team Uses X-ray Imaging to Observe Running Batteries in Real Time
July 16, 2012
SSRL Helps in Discovery of How Fungus Could Aid Mine Cleanups
July 10, 2012
Bringing Telescope Tech to X-ray Lasers
July 5, 2012
CERN: Experiments Observe Particle Consistent with Long-sought Higgs Boson
July 5, 2012
The Decades-long Search for the Higgs
June 20, 2012
LCLS Finding May Lead to Better Models of Matter Under Extreme Conditions
June 14, 2012
NuSTAR Rises to Guide Astrophysics Research Into Hard X-ray Regime
June 12, 2012
Taking Aim at Electrons: an Atomic-scale Shooting Gallery
June 6, 2012
SLAC Synchrotron Reveals Core of Ancient Warship Battering Ram
June 6, 2012
Power Plants: Scientists Use X-ray Laser to Probe Engines of Photosynthesis
May 29, 2012
Lower Energy Could Lead to More Biological Imaging at LCLS
May 24, 2012
Physics Society Honors Beam Physicist for 'Outstanding' Doctoral Thesis
May 23, 2012
Study Cracks a Secret of Methanol Production
May 21, 2012
A New Way to Discover Pulsars
May 21, 2012
LCLS Graphite Experiment Poses New Questions for Researchers
May 17, 2012
SLAC Among Institutions Awarded Millions in Grants from Bay Area Photovoltaics Consortium
May 17, 2012
Iron-based Superconductors Exhibit S-wave Symmetry
May 16, 2012
X-ray Laser Uncovers Secrets of Complex Oxide Material
May 14, 2012
BaBar Data Preserved in 'Computational Cocoon' for Future Analysis
May 10, 2012
SLAC Scientists Win Prestigious DOE Early Career Research Awards
May 10, 2012
New Nanostructure for Batteries Keeps Going and Going ...
May 7, 2012
Director of Accelerator Directorate Discusses Blogging
May 7, 2012
SLAC Engages Youth, Families at 2012 USA Science & Engineering Festival
May 1, 2012
SLAC's Newest Facility Kicks Off User Run
May 1, 2012
SIMES Professor Honored for Superconductivity Research
April 18, 2012
Fermi Uses Gamma Rays to Unearth Clues About "Empty" Space
April 16, 2012
NASA's WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars
April 11, 2012
New KIPAC Tool Gives Scientists a Closer Look at Merging Galaxies
April 2, 2012
Fermi Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Yield New Insights on Dark Matter
March 14, 2012
LCLS Offers New Method for Examining Membrane Proteins
March 7, 2012
Exotic Material Shows Promise as Flexible, Transparent Electrode
February 28, 2012
Scientists Use LCLS to See Photovoltaic Process in Action
February 27, 2012
Fab Team Scales Up Production of Dark Matter Detectors
February 23, 2012
20th Anniversary of a Great Idea: Building the LCLS at SLAC
February 23, 2012
Researchers Say Galaxy May Swarm with "Nomad Planets"
February 21, 2012
Tom Devereaux Appointed Director of SIMES
February 14, 2012
Annual Science Bowl at SLAC a Launch Pad for National Competition
February 9, 2012
SLAC, Stanford Team Focuses on High-Energy Electrons to Treat Cancer
February 8, 2012
Seen Above SLAC: A Bird's-Eye View of the Lab
January 31, 2012
Researchers at SLAC Test Collider Closer to Creating Fully Coherent X-rays
January 31, 2012
Shaken, Not Heated: the Ideal Recipe for Manipulating Magnetism
January 30, 2012
SLAC Public Tour Guide Closing in on Ph.D. and America's Elite Runners
January 19, 2012
Designing Chemical Catalysts: There's an App for That
January 12, 2012
Crowd-sourcing the Future of Accelerators
January 12, 2012
Obama Honors Burton Richter with Prestigious Enrico Fermi Award
January 10, 2012
SLAC Scientists Study How Nature Cleans Uranium from Colorado Aquifer
January 4, 2012
LCLS Teams Up with DESY on Shortest X-ray Exposure of a Protein Crystal Ever
January 3, 2012
SSRL Helps Stanford Scientists Study Enhanced Organic Semiconductor

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