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In brief: After blasting a molecule with light, researchers watch its structure vibrate and change in real time
The technique can be used to study molecular phenomena and the forming and breaking of chemical bonds.
SLAC makes ‘electron camera,’ a world-class tool for ultrafast science, available to scientists worldwide
Combined with the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser, it’ll provide unprecedented atomic views of some of nature’s speediest processes.
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.
In brief: Radiation damage lowers melting point of potential fusion reactor material
SLAC’s ‘electron camera’ films rapidly melting tungsten and reveals atomic-level material behavior that could impact the design of future reactors.
In brief: Record-shattering underwater sound
Researchers produced an underwater sound with an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch while investigating what happens when they blast tiny jets of water with X-ray laser pulses.
Q&A: SLAC/Stanford researchers prepare for a new quantum revolution
Monika Schleier-Smith and Kent Irwin explain how their projects in quantum information science could help us better understand black holes and dark matter.
Researchers create the first maps of two melatonin receptors essential for sleep
A better understanding of how these receptors work could enable scientists to design better therapeutics for sleep disorders, cancer and Type 2 diabetes.
In brief: Watching molecules split in real time
A new method could be used to look at chemical reactions that other techniques can’t catch, for instance in catalysis, photovoltaics, peptide and combustion research.
SLAC’s high-speed ‘electron camera’ films molecular movie in HD
First direct look at how atoms move when a ring-shaped molecule breaks apart could boost our understanding of fundamental processes of life.
10 ways SLAC’s X-ray laser has transformed science
In the decade since LCLS produced its first light, it has pushed boundaries in countless areas of discovery.
