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April 14, 2021
News Feature
New research uncovers mysteries behind little swirling groups of atoms
Exploring and manipulating the behavior of polar vortices in materials may lead to new technology for faster data transfer and storage.
polar vortices
October 20, 2020
News Feature
Elisa Biasin receives 2020 LCLS Young Investigator Award for ultrafast X-ray science
The early-career award honors a promising leader in X-ray free-electron laser research.
elisa
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.
Xijie Wang
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.
Terahertz acclerator structure
August 20, 2020
News Feature
A new X-ray detector snaps 1,000 atomic-level pictures per second of nature's ultrafast processes
The ePix10k detector is ready to advance science at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser and at facilities around the world.
ePix10k
July 17, 2020
Press Release
SLAC’s upgraded X-ray laser facility produces first light
Marking the beginning of the LCLS-II era, the first phase of the major upgrade comes online.
new undulator hall
May 18, 2020
News Feature
To decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale, researchers probe materials at deep-Earth conditions
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.
liquid silicates
August 14, 2019
A million pulses per second: How particle accelerators are powering X-ray lasers
The next revolutionary X-ray laser in a class of its own, LCLS-II, is under construction at SLAC, with support from four other DOE national laboratories.
August 12, 2019
News Feature
Atomic ‘Trojan horse’ could inspire new generation of X-ray lasers and particle colliders
At SLAC’s FACET facility, researchers have produced an intense electron beam by 'sneaking’ electrons into plasma, demonstrating a method that could be used in future compact discovery machines that explore the subatomic world.
Trojan horse illustration
May 30, 2019
News Feature
SLAC fires up electron gun for LCLS-II X-ray laser upgrade
Its electron beams will drive the generation of up to a million ultrabright X-ray flashes per second.
LCLS-II first electron beam

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