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The Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, takes X-ray snapshots of atoms and molecules at work, revealing fundamental processes in materials, technology and living things.

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Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

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Explore the fourth dimension, from processes that occur in billions of years down to tiny slivers of a second.

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Learn about X-ray detectors from Gabriella Cabrini, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source.

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Accelerator physicist Agostino Marinelli discusses how SLAC's X-ray laser makes femtosecond light.

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Ryan Coffee, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source, explains in a video interview.

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Physicist Phil Bucksbaum gives a brief introduction to Femtosecond Week at SLAC.

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SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.

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Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.

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TIMES applies the power of theory to the search for novel materials with remarkable properties that could revolutionize technology.

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The study at SLAC’s X-ray laser was a step toward understanding how DNA defends itself from breakage and potential mutations.

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X-ray studies have produced surprising insights into the workings of a hormone receptor associated with blood pressure regulation that could be a target for...

Powerful X-rays reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors.
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A new paper describes a way to fabricate glasses that can correct X-ray focusing problems at synchrotrons and X-ray lasers.

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A research collaboration designed a new assembly-line system that rapidly replaces exposed samples and allows the team to study reactions in real-time.