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SLAC feature stories from May 23, 2011 through today. See SLAC Today Archives for earlier stories.

October 3, 2012

Using Light to Switch Off Magnetism

An experiment conducted at an X-ray laser in Germany has captured surprising nanoscale changes in a magnetic material that were induced by pulses of light. The research has implications for improving magnetic data storage.
October 2, 2012

Panofsky Prize Honors Researchers' Underground Hunt for Dark Matter

The search for dark matter runs deep with physicists Blas Cabrera and Bernard Sadoulet, who have chased this mystery far underground and will be recognized for their work as joint recipients of the 2013 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
October 1, 2012

SSRL Confirms Anti-Flu Proteins Work as Designed

A team of researchers used the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to verify that their computer-designed proteins worked as they’d hoped.
October 1, 2012

SLAC Professor Emeritus Helen Quinn to Receive 2013 Sakurai Prize

SLAC Professor Helen Quinn has been chosen to receive the 2013 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, awarded by the American Physical Society “to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in particle theory.”
September 26, 2012

Local Congresswomen, Entrepreneurs Extol the Value of Bay Area Light Sources

Two enthusiastic Congressional supporters of scientific research and a panel of scientist-entrepreneurs headlined a Silicon Valley Leadership Group meeting at SLAC that focused on the benefits of light source research.
September 24, 2012

Small X-band Photoinjector Packs Powerful Punch

Accelerator physicists at SLAC have started commissioning the world’s most compact photoinjector – a device that spits out electrons when hit by light.
September 19, 2012

Team Uses SSRL to Decipher Structural Details of Deadly Enzyme

A team of researchers has used the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to decipher the structure of an enzyme common to more than 20 deadly diseases.
September 18, 2012

First Images from the Dark Energy Camera Help SLAC-Stanford Astrophysicists Seek the Invisible

When the Dark Energy Camera opened its giant eye last week and began taking pictures of the ancient light from far-off galaxies, more than 120 members of the Dark Energy Survey eagerly awaited that first snapshot. Though scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory lead the project, they counted among their number the Santa Cruz-SLAC-Stanford Consortium, the official name for a small, tight-knit group of scientists who helped make those pictures happen.
September 17, 2012

SLAC Scientists Awarded Grants from Stanford Energy Institute

Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center have awarded nine faculty seed grants totaling $2.2 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency. Yi Cui, Nick Melosh and Burton Richter are among those with ties to SLAC.
September 13, 2012

Energy@Stanford Conference Gives Students a Glimpse into SLAC

Attendees of the Energy@Stanford & SLAC conference got a peek inside the lab's scientific facilities on Tuesday during an afternoon tour at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the klystron gallery. The annual conference, this year from Sept. 10 to 14, exposes Stanford graduate students to the broad range of energy research at the university and SLAC.