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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 and Stanford partner with Argonne National Laboratory and others toward a quantum-interconnected world.

A person in a bunny suit examines a wafer

Quantum networking is the framework that uses the strange properties of quantum mechanics to transmit quantum information, encoded in qubits, from one quantum device to another.

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

Q-NEXT quantum center renewed for five years

Quantum networking: The dance of qubits