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June 9, 2022

News Feature

SLAC’s Auralee Edelen and Noah Kurinsky receive prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

Edelen draws on machine learning to fine tune particle accelerators, while Kurinsky develops dark matter detectors informed by quantum information science.

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May 10, 2022

Press Release

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

The facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy.

April 5, 2022

News Feature

Q&A: How SLAC's Technology Innovation Directorate serves as the backbone of discovery at the lab

The leaders of SLAC's Technology Innovation Directorate discuss how their group supports the lab's most innovative projects.

March 7, 2022

News Feature

Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

SLAC’s Matt Garrett and Susan Simpkins talk about tech transfer that brings innovations from the national lab to the people, including advances for medical devices and self-driving vehicles.

June 3, 2021

News Feature

SLAC’s Panofsky fellows talk about what makes their research so exciting

From the invisible world of elementary particles to the mysteries of the cosmos, recipients of this prestigious award for early career scientists explore nature at every level.

March 24, 2021

News Brief

New machine learning tool diagnoses electron beams in an efficient, non-invasive way

It can help operators optimize the performance of X-ray lasers, electron microscopes, medical accelerators and other devices that depend on high-quality beams.

October 12, 2020

Press Release

SLAC starts up new facility to revolutionize particle accelerators

FACET-II will pave the way for a future generation of particle colliders and powerful light sources, opening avenues in high-energy physics, medicine, and materials, biological and energy science.

September 24, 2020

News Brief

SLAC’s Xijie Wang wins prestigious accelerator science award

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recognizes his contributions to developing electron beams that power unique ‘electron cameras’ and could advance X-ray lasers.

September 23, 2020

News Brief

SLAC invention could make particle accelerators 10 times smaller

It uses terahertz radiation to power a miniscule copper accelerator structure.

September 14, 2020

News Brief

SLAC’s upgraded X-ray laser shows its soft side

This leap in capability will allow scientists to investigate quantum and chemical systems more directly than ever before.

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