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UC San Diego-led team discovers new method for producing large amounts of color-changing, nature-inspired pigment in the lab

Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature’s greatest “masters…

When three becomes five. Eder Lomeli, Edward Mu, and Hari Ramachandran (front row, from left) led an international team in getting an iron-based material to give up and take back five electrons, rather than the previous limit of three. | Bill Rivard

Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve applications in MRI technology and magnetic levitation.In briefResearchers at Stanford and SLAC have developed an…

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A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries

For hundreds of years, people taking a stroll through a swamp or cemetery at night have witnessed floating balls of flickering…

Stanford researchers developed a flash-freezing observation method that reveals battery chemistry without altering it, providing new insights to enhance lithium metal batteries.In brief:Current techniques for measuring chemical composition and…

From left: Euan Ashley, Thomas Montine, and Alice Ting. | Courtesy Stanford Medicine

Euan Ashley, Thomas Montine, and Alice Ting join the distinguished society of physicians.

The National Academy of Medicine has elected three Stanford Medicine professors to its membership, one of the highest honors in health and medicine…