2016 News Feature Archive

December 21, 2016
Sidney Drell Dies at 90
December 20, 2016
Symmetry: 2016 year in particle physics
December 14, 2016
Masters of Crystallization
December 13, 2016
Symmetry: Science with Sprinkles
December 12, 2016
SLAC Throwback: 25 Years Ago, North America Began Surfing the Web
December 8, 2016
Symmetry: A Syllabus in Cosmic Rays
December 6, 2016
Symmetry: Deep Learning Takes on Physics
December 5, 2016
Eureka Moment Leads to New Method of Studying Environmental Toxins
November 29, 2016
Q&A: Simon Bare Catalyzes New Chemistry Effort at SLAC
November 28, 2016
For Platinum Catalysts, a Tiny Squeeze Gives a Big Boost in Performance
November 22, 2016
‘Brighter Than A Billion Suns’: SLAC Studies Featured in TEDx Talk
November 21, 2016
New Tabletop Technique Probes Outermost Electrons of Atoms Deep Inside Solids
November 17, 2016
Q&A: What More Can We Learn About the Higgs?
November 15, 2016
Symmetry: What to Do with the Data?
November 9, 2016
Scientists, Interns Bring Structural Biology’s ‘Magic Bullet’ Technique to X-ray Lasers
November 7, 2016
Persis Drell Named Stanford Provost
November 7, 2016
Studying Nanosecond Molecular Transformations
November 3, 2016
SLAC, Berkeley Lab Researchers Prepare for Scientific Computing on the Exascale
October 31, 2016
Symmetry: In Search of a Parallel Universe
October 28, 2016
Peek Behind the Scenes at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
October 24, 2016
Graphic: X-ray Lasers Just Became More Colorful
October 18, 2016
Symmetry: It Came From the Physics Lab
October 13, 2016
Scientists Gather for Annual SLAC Users’ Conference
October 12, 2016
X-rays Reveal Artistry in an Ancient Vase
October 11, 2016
SLAC Theoretical Physicist James Bjorken to Share 2017 Wilson Prize
October 7, 2016
Q&A: SLAC Cosmology Research Featured in Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’
October 3, 2016
College Students Work on Wide Range of Projects at SLAC’s X-ray Laser
September 29, 2016
Trevor Petach Receives 2016 Klein Award
September 27, 2016
Q&A: Postdocs Encourage Middle-schoolers to 'Embrace the Unknown'
September 26, 2016
LZ Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward
September 23, 2016
In Bird Feathers, Scientists Find Hints About Color of Extinct Animals
September 22, 2016
SLAC’s X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance with Atomic Nuclei in Materials
September 20, 2016
New Research Could Lead to Greener Methanol Production
September 15, 2016
SLAC to Play Key Role in $30 Million DOE Effort to Improve Solar Module Materials
September 14, 2016
Makoto Hashimoto Receives Lytle Award for Contributions to High-temperature Superconductor Research
September 2, 2016
SLAC Summer Institute Students Envision a New Energy Frontier
September 1, 2016
SIMES Engineers Develop a Plastic Clothing Material that Cools the Skin
September 1, 2016
SLAC, Stanford Team Finds a Tough New Catalyst for Use in Renewable Fuels Production
August 31, 2016
Yijin Liu Receives 2016 Spicer Award For Substantial Research Contributions Using X-ray Microscopy
August 31, 2016
Stanford Seed Grants Push the Boundaries of Innovative Research on Clean Energy
August 30, 2016
Symmetry: Our Galactic Neighborhood
August 30, 2016
A Virtual Flight Through a Catalyst Particle Finds Evidence of Poisoning
August 29, 2016
Poof! The Weird Case of the X-ray that Came Out Blank
August 26, 2016
Undergraduate Interns Learn from Summer Research
August 23, 2016
Aleksandra Vojvodic Named MIT Tech Review Innovator Under 35
August 23, 2016
Symmetry: Five Facts About the Big Bang
August 19, 2016
X-ray Research on Short-lived Isotope Provides New Possibilities for Cancer Treatment
August 18, 2016
Decoy Drug Could Prevent Cancer's Spread
August 17, 2016
DOE: New X-Ray Matter Interaction Observed at Ultra-High Intensity
August 12, 2016
Fermi Researchers Explore New Ways of Searching for Dark Matter
August 10, 2016
Symmetry: Dark Matter Hopes Dwindle with X-ray Signal
August 9, 2016
Symmetry: The Contents of the Universe
August 9, 2016
DOE Approves Construction of 3-D Galaxy-mapping Project ‘DESI’
August 8, 2016
PULSE, SIMES-led Experiments Point Toward Memory Chips 1,000 Times Faster Than Today’s
August 2, 2016
Physicist Trio Amplifies SLAC Research on Mysterious Forms of Matter
August 1, 2016
Perfection in Sight: SLAC Receives New Mirrors for X-ray Laser
July 29, 2016
Stanford, SLAC Play Key Role in New DOE Battery Consortium
July 28, 2016
Symmetry: The Deconstructed Standard Model Equation
July 26, 2016
Symmetry: The Most Important Website in Particle Physics
July 21, 2016
Symmetry: Dark Matter Evades Most Sensitive Detector
July 20, 2016
SLAC, Stanford Scientists Work with Startup to Get Tabletop Laser Through the ‘Valley of Death’
July 19, 2016
Stanford, SLAC X-ray Studies Could Help Make LIGO Gravitational Wave Detector 10 Times More Sensitive
July 14, 2016
Research Begins at SLAC’s Newest X-ray Laser Experimental Station
July 12, 2016
A Primer on Particle Accelerators
July 11, 2016
Siemann Graduate Fellowships Help Advance Accelerator Research
June 29, 2016
Greene Scholars Explore Science and Engineering at SLAC
June 22, 2016
Learning About the Future from the Distant Past
June 17, 2016
Researchers Find New Way of Making Hydrogen Fuel from Water and Improve Grid-scale Batteries
June 15, 2016
With Spiraling Light, SLAC X-ray Laser Offers New Glimpses of Molecules
June 14, 2016
Symmetry: The Neutrino Turns 60
June 13, 2016
X-ray Experiments Show Hewlett Packard Team How Memristors Work
June 6, 2016
Echo Technique Developed at SLAC Could Make X-ray Lasers More Stable
June 6, 2016
Scientists Use a Frozen Gas to Boost Laser Light to New Extremes
June 2, 2016
Symmetry: What Is a “Particle”?
June 2, 2016
A Plasma Tube to Bring Particles up to Speed at SLAC
June 1, 2016
Prototype of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector Tested at SLAC
May 31, 2016
Symmetry: 1,000 Meters Below
May 26, 2016
SLAC’s New Computer Science Division Teams with Stanford to Tackle Data Onslaught
May 23, 2016
Caught on Camera: First Movies of Droplets Getting Blown Up by X-ray Laser
May 16, 2016
Q&A: Hitomi Researchers Talk About the X-ray Satellite’s Tragic End and the Data It Sent Home
May 11, 2016
Extracting Miniature Diamonds from Crude
May 9, 2016
Symmetry: LHC Prepares to Deliver Six Times the Data
May 6, 2016
Symmetry: Following LIGO’s Treasure Maps
May 4, 2016
SLAC’s Historic Linac Turns 50 and Gets a Makeover
May 3, 2016
EXO-200 Resumes Its Underground Quest
April 28, 2016
Symmetry: A GUT Feeling about Physics
April 27, 2016
SLAC Partners with Palo Alto Firm to Make Klystrons Much More Efficient
April 27, 2016
Math Helps Scientists Capture Molecules in Motion
April 26, 2016
Your One-stop Shop for Producing, Crystallizing Biomolecules
April 26, 2016
The Hottest Job in Physics?
April 25, 2016
SIMES Engineers Look Inside Nanoparticles to Explore How Their Shape Improves Energy Storage
April 20, 2016
Peering Deep Into Materials with Ultrafast Science
April 15, 2016
SLAC Researchers Recreate the Extreme Universe in the Lab
April 14, 2016
KIPAC Physicists Help Discover Hidden Dwarf Dark Galaxy
April 14, 2016
Symmetry: Five Fascinating Facts About DUNE
April 11, 2016
Researchers Discover New Type of ‘Pili’ Used by Bacteria to Cling to Hosts
April 6, 2016
Scientists Improve Perovskite Solar-cell Absorbers by Giving Them a Squeeze
April 5, 2016
World’s Fastest Electron Diffraction Snapshots of Atomic Motions in Gases
March 31, 2016
Partners in Discovery
March 29, 2016
Symmetry: The Milky Way’s Hot Spot
March 24, 2016
New Catalyst is Three Times Better at Splitting Water
March 22, 2016
Symmetry: Why Are Particle Accelerators so Large?
March 18, 2016
Symmetry: Bump Watch 2016
March 16, 2016
Dusting for the Fingerprint of Inflation with BICEP3
March 14, 2016
X-ray Studies at SLAC and Berkeley Lab Aid Search for Ebola Cure
March 9, 2016
5 Ways SLAC’s X-ray Laser Can Change the Way We Live
February 23, 2016
Symmetry: The ABCs of Particle Physics
February 19, 2016
New Satellite with Superior X-ray Vision Launched
February 16, 2016
Symmetry: Test of DUNE Tech Begins
February 12, 2016
Symmetry: Daya Bay Discovers a Mismatch
February 12, 2016
Stanford Scientists Celebrate Technological Advances that Finally Made Gravitational Wave Detection Possible
February 10, 2016
Lynbrook Wins Second Straight SLAC Regional Science Bowl
February 8, 2016
Three Ways to Bust Ghostly Dark Matter
February 2, 2016
Symmetry: This Radioactive Life
January 29, 2016
Tiniest Particles Shrink Before Exploding When Hit With SLAC’s X-ray Laser
January 26, 2016
Symmetry: Our Imperfect Vacuum
January 21, 2016
MFX First Light
January 20, 2016
Symmetry: Is the Neutrino its Own Antiparticle?
January 19, 2016
A Speed Trap for Dark Matter
January 19, 2016
Roger Blandford Wins Prestigious Swedish Prize in Astronomy
January 14, 2016
Symmetry: Exploring the Dark Universe with Supercomputers
January 11, 2016
New Stanford Battery Shuts Down at High Temperatures and Restarts When it Cools
January 8, 2016
SLAC’s Stanley Brodsky Shares Pomeranchuk Prize for Theoretical Physics
January 7, 2016
Fermi Space Telescope Sharpens its High-energy Vision
January 7, 2016
Symmetry: How to Wrangle a Particle
January 6, 2016
Dawson Award Recognizes SLAC X-ray Laser Experiment that Probed 3.6-million-degree Matter
January 5, 2016
Symmetry: The Booming Science of Dwarf Galaxies
January 4, 2016
Q&A: Biologist Describes Milestone toward a Universal Flu Vaccine

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