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April 17, 2017
News Feature
What is a Femtosecond?
Ryan Coffee, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source, explains in a video interview.
Ryan Coffee
April 17, 2017
News Feature
Why Study in Femtoseconds?
Physicist Phil Bucksbaum gives a brief introduction to Femtosecond Week at SLAC.
April 17, 2017
News Feature
Femtosecond Week
SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.
April 12, 2017
Press Release
SLAC Celebrates Femtosecond Week
Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.
April 12, 2017
News Feature
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Z-X Shen
Z-X Shen, SLAC science and technology advisor, professor of photon science and of physics, and a senior fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, is among 11 Stanford faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
February 27, 2017
News Feature
New Droplet-on-Tape Method Assists Biochemical Research at X-Ray Lasers
A research collaboration designed a new assembly-line system that rapidly replaces exposed samples and allows the team to study reactions in real-time.
January 31, 2017
News Feature
Taking Down a Giant: 699 Tons of SLAC’s Accelerator Removed for Upgrade
After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser
photo - the empty accelerator tunnel
January 4, 2017
News Feature
SLAC Study: Light Can Switch On Topological Materials
Computer simulations by SLAC physicists show how light pulses can create channels that conduct electricity with no resistance in some atomically thin semiconductors.
December 26, 2016
Press Release
Researchers Use World's Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide
Scientists at Stanford and SLAC use diamondoids – the smallest possible bits of diamond – to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires.
Diamondoids on a lab bench and under microscope, with penny for scale
November 28, 2016
News Feature
For Platinum Catalysts, a Tiny Squeeze Gives a Big Boost in Performance
Squeezing a platinum catalyst a fraction of a nanometer nearly doubles its catalytic activity, a finding that could lead to better fuel cells and other clean energy technologies.

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