News archive

Browse the full collection of SLAC news releases and features and stay up to date on the latest scientific advancements at the laboratory.

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

An assembly of blue-green crystals

He was honored for his work in ultrafast physics.

Portrait of Shambhu Ghimire

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.

illustration of ballet dancers

After a major upgrade, SLAC's X-ray free-electron laser is 10,000 times brighter and thousands of times faster. Now, researchers are using LCLS to observe electrons in real time as they move across molecules.

Detail of the TMO hutch at SLAC's X-ray laser

Her work will advance a next-generation experiment in the hope of detecting this mysterious ingredient of the universe.

Portrait of Ann Wang

Quantum materials behave in unexpected ways compared to the classical materials we are used to. 

illustration of a layered wedding cake and ingredients

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

First Photons in the Rubin control room at SLAC

Quantum sensing uses quantum phenomena to detect extremely subtle signals or changes that are beyond the reach of many traditional sensors.

Graphic with an astronaut on the moon with signal moving

X-rays unveil new molecular structure details that will help researchers design novel drug therapies to address antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Image of spherical bacteria