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Many processes in electronics and other fields depend on the ability to build materials with atomic-level precision.

Stacey Bent: Controlling chemistry atom by atom

Aug 11, 2017 | Stanford Engineering

Deborah Sivas, Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law at Stanford University

Deborah Sivas: Rolling back the years

Aug 10, 2017 | Helsinki Times

George Shultz, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The wise man Trump should listen to

Aug 10, 2017 | CNN

Smart window prototype darkens quickly when exposed to light.

Energy-saving smart windows darken in under a minute

Aug 9, 2017 | Precourt Institute

Strontium (green spheres) is shown dissolving from a strontium iridate film, leaving behind a stable iridium-oxide phase with high activity for water splitting under acidic conditions.

When strontium is away, iridium comes out to play

Aug 4, 2017 | Newswise

Iodine atoms, which surround lead atoms in a perovskite solar cell material, respond to light in a surprising manner.

Molecular movie exposes perovskite solar cell’s inner workings

Aug 3, 2017 | Chemistry World

Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Wasting America’s nuclear opportunity

Aug 3, 2017 | The Hill

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake likely induced by injection into deep disposal wells in the Wilzetta North field caused house damage in central Oklahoma on Nov. 6, 2011.

Induced earthquakes as destructive as natural ones, study finds

Aug 2, 2017 | Stanford Report

Finland's solution to nuclear waste storage may set example for the world

Jul 31, 2017 | Public Radio Int'l.

Stanford Assistant Professor Matteo Cargnello at a lab where nanocrystals are grown.

Scientists watch ‘artificial atoms’ assemble into perfect lattices

Jul 31, 2017 | SLAC News Center

Professor Noah Diffenbaugh

Noah Diffenbaugh named to California state climate group

Jul 29, 2017 | Stanford Report

Once infrequent, the Gulf of Mexico dead zone is now an annual event, triggered by phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizers used on farms

Higher greenhouse gas emissions could worsen ocean dead zones

Jul 27, 2017 | New York Times

According to a new SLAC study, atoms in perovskites respond to light with unusual rotational motions and distortions that could explain the high efficiency of these next-generation solar cell materials.

Atomic movies may help explain perovskite solar cell efficiency

Jul 26, 2017 | SLAC News Center

Kira Minehart works at the whiteboard during an exercise in the Environmental Advocacy class.

Mastering the art of environmental and policy engagement

Jul 21, 2017 | Stanford Report

A golden eagle flying near an old California wind turbine.

Collaboration meets innovation in new research projects

Jul 19, 2017 | Stanford Report

Applied Power photovoltaic panels at Farallon National Wildlife Refuge

Distributed energy sources can reduce cost of electricity up to 50%

Jul 18, 2017 | Ars Technica

Steam lines from an enhanced oil recovery project in California.

Climate impacts of super-giant oilfields go up with age

Jul 17, 2017 | Stanford Report

Former Stanford postdoc Gururaj Naik is developing technology to upconvert light by using lasers to power devices that combine plasmonic metals and semiconducting quantum wells.

‘Upconverted’ light has a bright future

Jul 17, 2017 | Rice University

Electric vehicle charging

Charge-as-you-go electric cars: Do we really need them?

Jul 17, 2017 | KQED Science

Sila Kiliccote

SLAC scientist Sila Kiliccote takes on additional role as managing director of grid innovations at Stanford

Jul 14, 2017 | Precourt Institute for Energy

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