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A SLAC Legend Gives the Lab His Lifetime Collection of Precious Foils
The foils, each made from a single chemical element, are used to calibrate X-ray equipment at SLAC’s SSRL synchrotron, and were donated by long-time user, Farrel Lytle.
SLAC Produces First Electron Beam with Superconducting Electron Gun
The new technology could allow next-generation instruments to explore the atomic world in ever more detail.
Tick, Tock on the ‘Attoclock’: Tracking X-Ray Laser Pulses at Record Speeds
When it comes to making molecular movies, producing the world’s fastest X-ray pulses is only half the battle. A new technique reveals details about the timing and energy of pulses that are less than a millionth of a billionth of a second long, which can be used to probe nature’s processes at this amazingly fast attosecond timescale.
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Visits SLAC, Tours Site of X-ray Laser Upgrade
The DOE’s top official met with SLAC staff and toured the Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, where a superconducting upgrade is underway.
Q&A: Bruce Gates on the Molecules That Can Drive Chemical Reactions
The professor at University of California, Davis, describes his innovative work at SLAC’s synchrotron to search for simple, selective catalysts.
Hidden Medical Text Read for the First Time in a Thousand Years
With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. The words had been scraped off the parchment manuscript and written over with hymns in the 11th century.
With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses
Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in the study of air pollution, combustion and catalytic processes.
First Nanoscale Look at How Lithium Ions Navigate a Molecular Maze to Reach Battery Electrode
Streamlining their journey through the electrolyte could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster.
SLAC Scientists Investigate How Metal 3-D Printing Can Avoid Producing Flawed Parts
The goal of these X-ray studies is to find ways to improve manufacturing of specialized metal parts for the aerospace, aircraft, automotive and healthcare industries.
Scientists Catch Light Squeezing and Stretching Next-Gen Data Storage Material
Combining X-ray and electron data from two cutting-edge SLAC instruments, researchers make the first observation of the rapid atomic response of iron-platinum nanoparticles to light. The results could help develop ways to manipulate and control future magnetic data storage devices.
