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October 21, 2020
News Feature
A day in the life of a SLAC machine maker
At the Machine Shop, Pete Franco crafts beautiful, intricate and precise parts for the lab’s latest scientific tools.
Pete Franco at the SLAC Machine Shop
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
October 16, 2020
News Feature
Slideshow: 2020 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting
The annual conference for scientists who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources engaged more than 1,700 researchers in talks, workshops and discussions.
2020 SSRL/LCLS Users' Meeting
October 12, 2020
Press Release
SLAC starts up new facility to revolutionize particle accelerators
FACET-II will pave the way for a future generation of particle colliders and powerful light sources, opening avenues in high-energy physics, medicine, and materials, biological and energy science.
FACET II
October 7, 2020
News Feature
First detailed look at how a molecular Ferris wheel delivers protons to cellular factories
No human cell can function without these tiny machines, which cause disease when they go haywire and offer potential targets for therapeutic drugs.
Illustration of molecular Ferris wheel moving protons
October 5, 2020
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James Cryan and Alison Marsden named American Physical Society Fellows
Cryan is an investigator with the Stanford PULSE Institute at SLAC, while Marsden is an associate professor of pediatrics and of bioengineering at Stanford.
Portrait of James Cryan and Alison Marsden
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 21, 2020
News Feature
Kelly Summers wins 2020 Klein Award for research on treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
Using SLAC’s synchrotron, Summers improves fundamental knowledge of the role of copper in the brain and investigates treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
Kelly Summer portrait
September 14, 2020
News Brief
SLAC’s upgraded X-ray laser shows its soft side
This leap in capability will allow scientists to investigate quantum and chemical systems more directly than ever before.
SXU
September 11, 2020
News Feature
Attosecond pulses reveal electronic ripples in molecules
Researchers demonstrate a new ability to drive and track electronic motion, which is crucial to understanding the role of electrons in chemical processes and how quantum coherence evolves on the shortest timescales.
attoseconds

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