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Water is all around us, yet its surface layer is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC’s X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

Two water strider insects with long, thin legs cast shadows on dark blue water surface with blurred background reflections.

Experiments running at these higher pulse rates will allow scientists to capture ultrafast processes with greater precision, collect data more efficiently and explore phenomena that were previously out of reach.

In the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN's latest results provide the strongest constraints on low-mass WIMPs and detect boron-8 solar neutrinos.

Overhead view looking down into a white structure with dozens of orange circular components arranged radially.

Researchers with the Doudna group used SSRL to uncover how viruses use special enzymes to evade a host's defenses.

A view of SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), looking west at sunset.

Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets.

a graphic in the style of graphic novel depicts four lasers converging on a spherical target, which represents an inertial fusion energy reaction

The SLAC team is developing digital twins – powered by AI and high-performance computing – to help quickly shape high-quality particle beams for the lab’s X-ray and ultrafast facilities.

Laser-driven break up of "buckyballs" is recorded in real-time by X-ray imaging at LCLS.

A new machine learning algorithm rapidly reconstructs 3D images from X-ray data.

Schematic of a machine learning algorithm that reconstructs 3D images from X-ray data

SLAC and Stanford scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information.

He was honored for his work in ultrafast physics.

SLAC researchers wield new tools to study water’s enigmatic surface

A new world record: LCLS approaches 100,000 pulses per second on the path to a million

LZ sets a world’s best in the hunt for galactic dark matter and gets a new look at neutrinos from the sun’s core

New method uncovers how viruses evade immune responses — and how we might fight back

The ideal fusion fuel target doesn’t exist – yet. Researchers at SLAC are trying to change that.

SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgängers

Observing quantum footballs blown up by laser kicks

Imaging of tiny particles at SLAC’s X-ray laser just got faster

These colorful crystals may hold clues for future quantum computers

Shambhu Ghimire named American Physical Society Fellow