Newswise News from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Latest news from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise Newswise News from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif Pioneering New Tool Will Spur Advances in Catalysis /articles/pioneering-new-tool-will-spur-advances-in-catalysis/?sc=rsin /articles/pioneering-new-tool-will-spur-advances-in-catalysis/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:05:50 EST Catalysts do several surprising things to assist with daily life - from bread making to turning raw materials into fuels more efficiently. Now, SLAC researchers have developed a way to speed up the discovery process for a promising new class of these helpful substances called single atom catalysts. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC Will Play a Key Role in DOE's New Research Centers for Advancing Next-Generation Microelectronics /articles/slac-will-play-a-key-role-in-doe-s-new-research-centers-for-advancing-next-generation-microelectronics/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-will-play-a-key-role-in-doe-s-new-research-centers-for-advancing-next-generation-microelectronics/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:05:37 EST Funded by the Department of Energy, these centers are part of an effort that brings together national laboratories, universities and industry to invent and accelerate novel microelectronics technologies to operate efficiently or in extreme environments. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Dark Matter, Neutrinos and Drug Discovery: How AI Is Powering SLAC Science and Technology /articles/dark-matter-neutrinos-and-drug-discovery-how-ai-is-powering-slac-science-and-technology/?sc=rsin /articles/dark-matter-neutrinos-and-drug-discovery-how-ai-is-powering-slac-science-and-technology/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:00:43 EST Check out the second of a two-part series exploring how artificial intelligence helps researchers from around the world perform cutting-edge science with the lab's state-of-the-art facilities and instruments. Read part one here. In this part you'll learn how AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Taming Big Data and Particle Beams: How SLAC Researchers Are Pushing AI to the Edge /articles/taming-big-data-and-particle-beams-how-slac-researchers-are-pushing-ai-to-the-edge/?sc=rsin /articles/taming-big-data-and-particle-beams-how-slac-researchers-are-pushing-ai-to-the-edge/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:00:02 EST Check out the first of a two-part series exploring how artificial intelligence helps researchers from around the world perform cutting-edge science with the lab's state-of-the-art facilities and instruments. In this part you'll learn how SLAC researchers collaborate to develop AI tools to make molecular movies, speeding up the discovery process in the era of big data. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC Celebrates 50 Years of Nobel-Winning Discovery in Particle Physics /articles/slac-celebrates-50-years-of-nobel-winning-discovery-in-particle-physics/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-celebrates-50-years-of-nobel-winning-discovery-in-particle-physics/?sc=rsin Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:30:36 EST In 1974, the independent discovery of the J/psi particle at SLAC and Brookhaven National Laboratory rocked the physics world, and entire textbooks had to be rewritten. Earlier this month, SLAC hosted a symposium to celebrate the milestone. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory How Microbes Create the Most Toxic Form of Mercury /articles/how-microbes-create-the-most-toxic-form-of-mercury/?sc=rsin /articles/how-microbes-create-the-most-toxic-form-of-mercury/?sc=rsin Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:20:43 EST SLAC's SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A Modular Neutrino Detector Years in the Making /articles/a-modular-neutrino-detector-years-in-the-making/?sc=rsin /articles/a-modular-neutrino-detector-years-in-the-making/?sc=rsin Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:05:41 EST The prototype DUNE 2x2 detector will capture up to 10,000 neutrino interactions per day. Researchers developed the new detector and advanced machine learning techniques to probe what all those neutrinos are up to. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory New Upgrade Will Supercharge Atomic Vision of the World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser /articles/new-upgrade-will-supercharge-atomic-vision-of-the-world-s-most-powerful-x-ray-laser/?sc=rsin /articles/new-upgrade-will-supercharge-atomic-vision-of-the-world-s-most-powerful-x-ray-laser/?sc=rsin Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:00:00 EST The Department of Energy (DOE) has given the green light for construction to begin on a high-energy upgrade that will further boost the performance of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's most powerful X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. When complete, the upgrade will allow scientists to explore atomic-scale processes with unprecedented precision and address fundamental questions in energy storage, catalysis, biology, materials science and quantum physics like never before. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC-led Energy Frontier Research Center awarded $14.4 million to advance new manufacturing solutions for microelectronics /articles/slac-led-energy-frontier-research-center-awarded-14-4-million-to-advance-new-manufacturing-solutions-for-microelectronics/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-led-energy-frontier-research-center-awarded-14-4-million-to-advance-new-manufacturing-solutions-for-microelectronics/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:05:00 EST Funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the Center for Energy Efficient Magnonics brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers from SLAC and seven universities to discover how components of microelectronics can be built on spin waves that arise from magnetism. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance /articles/researchers-discover-a-surprising-way-to-jump-start-battery-performance/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-discover-a-surprising-way-to-jump-start-battery-performance/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:05:34 EST In a study published today in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries their first charge at unusually high currents increased their average lifespan by 50% while decreasing the initial charging time from 10 hours to just 20 minutes. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers observe "locked" electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate /articles/researchers-observe-locked-electron-pairs-in-a-superconductor-cuprate/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-observe-locked-electron-pairs-in-a-superconductor-cuprate/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:00:00 EST The finding could help future efforts to design superconductors that work at higher temperatures. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC's high-speed electron camera uncovers a new 'light-twisting' behavior in an ultrathin material /articles/slac-s-high-speed-electron-camera-uncovers-a-new-light-twisting-behavior-in-an-ultrathin-material/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-s-high-speed-electron-camera-uncovers-a-new-light-twisting-behavior-in-an-ultrathin-material/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:45:51 EST Using SLAC's instrument for ultrafast electron diffraction (MeV-UED), one of the lab's world-leading tools for ultrafast science, researchers discovered how an ultrathin material can circularly polarize light. This discovery sets up a promising approach to manipulate light for applications in optoelectronic devices. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC researchers pioneer new methods in ultrafast science for sharper molecular movies /articles/slac-researchers-pioneer-new-methods-in-ultrafast-science-for-sharper-molecular-movies/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-researchers-pioneer-new-methods-in-ultrafast-science-for-sharper-molecular-movies/?sc=rsin Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:05:44 EST Improvements to the lab's "electron camera" use AI and "time stamping" to help reveal nature's speedy processes more accurately. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A novel spray device helps researchers capture fast-moving cell processes /articles/a-novel-spray-device-helps-researchers-capture-fast-moving-cell-processes/?sc=rsin /articles/a-novel-spray-device-helps-researchers-capture-fast-moving-cell-processes/?sc=rsin Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:05:39 EST Researchers figured out how to spray and freeze a cell sample in its natural state in milliseconds, helping them capture basic biological processes in unprecedented detail. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC Completes Construction of the Largest Digital Camera Ever Built for Astronomy /articles/slac-completes-construction-of-the-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-for-astronomy/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-completes-construction-of-the-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-for-astronomy/?sc=rsin Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:00:00 EST After two decades of work, scientists and engineers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and their collaborators are celebrating the completion of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Scientists propose a new way to search for dark matter /articles/scientists-propose-a-new-way-to-search-for-dark-matter/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-propose-a-new-way-to-search-for-dark-matter/?sc=rsin Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:05:56 EST In a new study, SLAC researchers suggest a small-scale solution could be the key to solving a large-scale mystery. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC scientists explain: What is inertial fusion energy? /articles/slac-scientists-explain-what-is-inertial-fusion-energy/?sc=rsin /articles/slac-scientists-explain-what-is-inertial-fusion-energy/?sc=rsin Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:05:47 EST Following ignition demonstrations at the National Ignition Facility, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. Here, SLAC experts weigh in on what it will take to develop the science and technology toward that aim and how the lab and its partners will contribute. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A battery's hopping ions remember where they've been /articles/a-battery-s-hopping-ions-remember-where-they-ve-been/?sc=rsin /articles/a-battery-s-hopping-ions-remember-where-they-ve-been/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:15:21 EST Scientists discover that ions hopping through a battery electrolyte can reverse direction in response to a jolt of voltage and briefly return to their previous positions - .the first indication that the ions remembered, in a sense, where they had just been. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers add a 'twist' to classical material design /articles/researchers-add-a-twist-to-classical-material-design/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-add-a-twist-to-classical-material-design/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:05:09 EST Researchers with the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University and the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) grew a twisted multilayer crystal structure for the first time and measured the structure's key properties. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation /articles/researchers-release-solar-power-data-software-to-increase-clean-energy-generation/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-release-solar-power-data-software-to-increase-clean-energy-generation/?sc=rsin Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:05:15 EST The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what's really going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory