Ultrafast Imaging Reveals Existence of "Polarons"
New technique reveals direct experimental evidence of strong coupling between electron motion and deformations in atomic arrangements that affect the flow of current
atomic-level structure
SLAC's X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance With Atomic Nuclei in Materials
“It has been a long-standing goal to understand, initiate and control these unusual behaviors,” says LCLS Director Mike Dunne
SLAC's High-Speed 'Electron Camera' Films Atomic Nuclei in Vibrating Molecules
Method gives scientists new ways to study rapid nuclear motions in nature's light-dependent processes
New Material Discovery Allows Study of Elusive Weyl Fermion
This material provides an exciting new platform to study the properties of Weyl fermions, and may lead the way to more new materials with unusual transport properties
A Glimpse Inside the Atom
Using electron microscopes, it is possible to image individual atoms
World's Fastest Electron Diffraction Snapshots of Atomic Motions in Gases
High-speed electron camera complements SLAC’s toolbox for studies of ultrafast processes in nature
New Electron Microscopy Method Sculpts 3-D Structures at Atomic Level
Technique could find uses in fabricating structures for functional nanoscale devices such as microchips
Team the First to 'See' Atomic Changes in Proteins with an X-ray Laser
A research team led by physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has proven a method that makes it possible to find the atomic structure of proteins in action by producing “snapshots” of them with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution
Scientists Capture Most Detailed Picture Yet of Key AIDS Protein
The finding represents a scientific feat as well as progress toward an HIV vaccine.