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April 21, 2017
News Feature
Beyond Femtoseconds
Researchers at SLAC are already looking at the largely unexplored realm of attosecond science.
April 20, 2017
News Feature
New Ultrafast Science Fact Sheet
Our ultrafast science factsheet gives an overview of the femtosecond world.
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.
November 21, 2016
News Feature
New Tabletop Technique Probes Outermost Electrons of Atoms Deep Inside Solids
SLAC experiments demonstrate a new way to access valence electrons, which are important in forming chemical bonds and determine many of a material’s properties.
Yong Sing You and Shambhu Ghimire in the PULSE laser laboratory
October 3, 2016
News Feature
College Students Work on Wide Range of Projects at SLAC’s X-ray Laser
More than 40 interns spent 10 weeks this summer helping SLAC researchers advance the use of the Linac Coherent Light Source.
LCLS director Mike Dunne with intern Temuulen Batenkh​
September 22, 2016
News Feature
SLAC’s X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance with Atomic Nuclei in Materials
Understanding how a material’s electrons interact with vibrations of its nuclear lattice could help design and control novel materials, from solar cells to high-temperature superconductors.
September 21, 2016
Press Release
'Schroedinger's Cat' Molecules Give Rise to Exquisitely Detailed Movies
Just as Schroedinger's Cat is both alive and dead, an atom or molecule can be in two different states at once. Now scientists have exploited this behavior to make X-ray movies of atomic motion with much more detail than ever before.
Illustration of a molecule splitting into two Schroedinger's Cat states

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