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December 8, 2017
Social Media: Highlights from Six Months of LCLS Experiments
Here's a glimpse of what we've been up to during the last experimental run – from June to November 2017 – at the Linac Coherent Light Source.
A research collaboration in the CXI control room.
December 4, 2017
Research Zooms in on Enzyme That Repairs DNA Damage from UV Rays
Biochemical 'action shots' with SLAC’s X-ray laser could help scientists develop synthetic enzymes for medicine and answer fundamental questions...
SLAC associate staff scientist Thomas Joseph Lane at the Coherent X-Ray Imaging instrument
November 30, 2017
Study Confirms that Cuprate Materials Have Fluctuating Stripes that May Be Linked to High-temperature Superconductivity
These stripes of electron spin and charge are exciting because of their possible link to a phenomenon that could transform society by making...
Illustration of spin and charge stripes modeled by computer

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October 26, 2017
Scientists Get First Close-ups of Finger-Like Growths that Trigger Battery Fires
Remarkable cryo-EM images that reveal details down to the individual atom will yield new insights into why high-energy batteries fail.
September 14, 2017
SLAC-Led Project Will Use Artificial Intelligence to Prevent or Minimize Electric Grid Failures
It's the first to employ AI to help the grid manage power fluctuations, resist damage and recover faster from storms, solar eclipses, cyberattacks...
An illustration of electric grid components
August 30, 2017
Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster
Menlo Park, Calif.
Neural Nets and Gravitational Lenses

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