Stanford researchers have made a significant advance in the development of artificial catalysts for making cleaner chemicals and fuels at an industrial scale. All living organisms depend on... Read more
The 4-inch-tall device could be used in portable transmitters for rescue missions and other challenging applications demanding high mobility. A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at... Read more
SLAC and Stanford researchers secure support for two projects that share one goal: to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking the length of a typical session. New ac... Read more
Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics & Astronomy at UCL have discovered a potential way to make graphene – a single layer of carbon atoms with gre... Read more
If you combine two or three metals together, you will get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms arranged in rigid geometric patterns. But once in a while, under j... Read more
Biochemical ‘action shots’ with SLAC’s X-ray laser could help scientists develop synthetic enzymes for medicine and answer fundamental questions about how enzymes change during c... Read more
SLAC and Stanford researchers demonstrate that brain-mimicking ‘neural networks’ can revolutionize the way astrophysicists analyze their most complex data, including extreme distortions in s... Read more
Most of the fuel additive ethanol used in the U.S. is made from corn. But new research reveals that copper can turn carbon dioxide into ethanol without using corn or other plants. Most cars... Read more
New Molybdenum-Coated Catalyst Produces Hydrogen More Efficiently Hydrogen is one of the most promising clean fuels for use in cars, houses and portable generators. When produced from water... Read more
Low-cost Hydrogen Peroxide Device Has the Potential to Provide Developing Countries with Clean Water
New Device Produces Hydrogen Peroxide for Water Purification Limited access to clean water is a major issue for billions of people in the developing world, where water sources are often cont... Read more
Computer Simulations Show How Light Pulses Can Create Channels that Conduct Electricity with No Resistance in Atomically Thin Semiconductors Theoretical physicists at the Department of Energ... Read more
Researchers Use World’s Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have disc... Read more
