(Phys.org) —Researchers at a SLAC/Stanford institute have made the first direct images of electrical currents flowing along the edges of a topological insulator – a recently discovered state of matter ...

Physics - General Physics

17 hours ago 5 / 5 (9) 0 |

(Phys.org) —It's no surprise that the data systems for SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser have drawn heavily on the expertise of the particle physics community, where collecting and analyzing ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 14, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists from SLAC and Stanford have used finely tuned X-rays at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to pin down the source of a mysterious magnetism that appears when two ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jun 10, 2013 4.8 / 5 (26) 9 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers at SLAC and Stanford have created a new device, smaller than a grain of rice, that could streamline optical data communications. It can directly identify the wavelength of light ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

SLAC and Stanford researchers have developed a new, printing process for organic thin-film electronics that results in films of strikingly higher quality.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jun 02, 2013 4.7 / 5 (13) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Two SLAC physicists with decades of particle accelerator experience helped a Silicon Valley company design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for nuclear materials and other ...

Physics - General Physics

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(Phys.org) —Now that it looks like the hunt for the Higgs boson is over, particles of dark matter are at the top of the physics "Most Wanted" list. Dozens of experiments have been searching for them, but ...

Physics - General Physics

May 22, 2013 4.5 / 5 (19) 23 |

Last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry – shared by Stanford School of Medicine Professor Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University – recognized groundbreaking research in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). GPCRs are embedded in cell membranes. They i ...

Physics - General Physics

May 10, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 24, 2013 4.6 / 5 (39) 13 |

(Phys.org) —In the nearly six decades since quasars were discovered, the list of these energetic galaxies powered by supermassive black holes has grown to more than 100,000 – enough examples to reveal ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 18, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) —An imaging technique conceived 50 years ago has been successfully demonstrated at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source, where it is expected to improve results in a range of experiments, including ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 17, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —SLAC researchers have demonstrated for the first time how to produce pairs of X-ray laser pulses in slightly different wavelengths, or colors, with finely adjustable intervals between them – ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) have improved an innovative solar-energy device to be about 100 times more efficient than its previous ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 20, 2013 4.5 / 5 (31) 13 |

(Phys.org) —Using laser light to read and write magnetic data by quickly flipping tiny magnetic domains could help keep pace with the demand for faster computing devices.

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 2 |

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 14, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 0 |