Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

New research reveals how a molecule absorbs light and gains a proton while its watery environment reorganizes in response. 

A novel neural network will make it easier to store and retrieve the massive amounts of raw data coming from experiments across scientific fields.

Researchers have documented the ultrafast motion of electrons, including two processes never before captured on their natural timescales.

Using the powerful LCLS X-ray laser, researchers at SLAC have directly imaged for the first time how molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction controlled by light.

The lab’s contributions to the national AI initiative are bolstered by its breakthrough scientific tools, unprecedented data and unique partnerships that help illuminate nature from the expansion of the universe to the motions of electrons.

Batteries power everything from medical devices to electronic devices, yet the core technology hasn't fundamentally changed in decades. At the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center, scientists are working with industry to change that.

The lab sent its final contribution to SLAC for the high-energy upgrade of the superconducting accelerator of the LCLS X-ray laser.

The X-ray Pump Probe instrument is returning to normal operations this spring, anticipating a major capability boost when the high-energy beam comes online. 

Researchers used X-ray lasers to control a modified cardiovascular drug with light and captured snapshots showing how it binds to proteins.

Researchers reengineered an ePix10k detector for use in ultrafast electron diffraction, empowering studies of chemical processes that were previously out of reach. 

SLAC researchers and collaborators trained a neural network that can use ion momentum to work backward and predict the pre-blast geometry of a molecule.