SUNCAT researchers discover a way to improve a key step in these conversions, and explore what it would take to turn the climate-changing gas into valuable products on an industrial scale

Made with ‘Jenga chemistry,’ the discovery could help crack the mystery of how high-temperature superconductors work

A team of researchers has produced a record-shattering underwater sound with an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch

Researchers look to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking the length of a typical session

Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made the detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in the study of air pollution, combustion, and catalytic processes

Experiments with 'molecular anvils' mark an important advance for mechanochemistry, which has the potential to make chemistry greener and more precise

Electric car makers are intensely interested in lithium-rich battery cathodes that could significantly increase driving range. A new study opens a path to making them live up to their promise

Remarkable cryo-EM images of dendrites show details down to the individual atom, and will yield new insights into why high-energy batteries fail

SLAC’s ultrafast 'electron camera' reveals unusual atomic motions that could be crucial for the efficiency of next-generation perovskite solar cells

A precise new way to study materials shows this ‘electron-phonon coupling’ can be far stronger than predicted, and could potentially play a role in unconventional superconductivity

When the X-rays blast electrons out of one atom, stripping it from the inside out, it steals more from its neighbors—a new insight that could help advance high-res imaging of whole viruses, bacteria, and complex materials

New molybdenum-coated catalyst produces hydrogen more efficiently

Low-cost device has the potential to provide developing countries with clean water

New details about uranium chemistry show how it binds to organic matter