Study finds nickelate superconductors are intrinsically magnetic

Scientists embedded elementary particles called muons into a nickel oxide superconductor to learn more about its magnetic properties. They discovered very different magnetic behavior than the best known unconventional superconductors, the cuprates,...
1-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

A computing facility at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is doubling in size, preparing the lab for new scientific endeavors that promise to revolutionize our understanding of the world from atomic to cosmic scales...
27-Jul-2022 4:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

A new leap in understanding nickel oxide superconductors

Unconventional superconductors contain a mix of weird quantum states. SLAC and Stanford researchers found one of them – frozen electron ripples known as charge density waves – in a nickelate superconductor they discovered three years ago.
25-Jul-2022 12:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

X-Rays Help Researchers Piece Together Treasured Cellular Gateway for First Time

After almost two decades of synchrotron experiments, Caltech scientists have captured a clear picture of a cell’s nuclear pores, which are the doors and windows through which critical material in your body flows in and out of the cell’s nucleus....
11-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Model Accelerator Magnets' History Using Machine Learning Approach

After a long day of work, you might feel tired or exhilarated. Either way, you are affected by what happened to you in the past.
15-Jun-2022 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers aim X-rays at century-old plant secretions for insight into Aboriginal Australian cultural heritage

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have created some of the world’s most striking artworks. Today their work continues long lines of ancestral traditions, stories of the past and connections to current cultural landscapes,...
26-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Superconductivity and Charge Density Waves Caught Intertwining at the Nanoscale

Scientists discover superconductivity and charge density waves are intrinsically interconnected at the nanoscopic level, a new understanding that could help lead to the next generation of electronics and computers.
20-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space

Nestled 30 feet underground in Menlo Park, California, a half-mile-long stretch of tunnel is now colder than most of the universe. It houses a new superconducting particle accelerator, part of an upgrade project to the Linac Coherent Light Source...
10-May-2022 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites