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Facebook ultimately prevailed in a flag football tournament organized by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and hosted by SLAC.

athletic field at Stanford University’s Arrillaga Recreation Center at SLAC

The new technique will allow researchers to observe ultrafast chemical processes previously undetectable at the atomic scale.

Yuantao Ding and Marc Guetg in the SLAC Control Room

The goal of these X-ray studies is to find ways to improve manufacturing of specialized metal parts for the aerospace, aircraft, automotive and healthcare industries.

A metal 3-D printed sample.

Combining X-ray and electron data from two cutting-edge SLAC instruments, researchers make the first observation of the rapid atomic response of iron-platinum nanoparticles to light. The results could help develop ways to manipulate and control future magnetic data storage devices.

ultrafast electron diffraction on iron-platinum
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Neural Networks for Neutrinos

Scientists are using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to analyze physics data.

Unique device will create bunches of electrons to stimulate million-per-second X-ray pulses for LCLS-II.

News Feature · VIA SLAC Flickr

Photos: First LCLS-II Cryomodule Arrives

The 40-foot-long segment of the new superconducting accelerator arrived on January 19, 2018 after a cross-country trip from Fermilab.

The first cryomodule has arrived at SLAC. Linked together and chilled to nearly absolute zero, 37 of these segments will accelerate electrons to almost the speed of light and power an upgrade to the nation’s only X-ray free-electron laser facility.

A worker unveiling a cryomodule on a truck.

Dabbar toured the lab to learn about major initiatives, including LCLS-II and industry partnerships.

As members of the lab’s Computer Science Division, they develop the tools needed to handle ginormous data volumes produced by the next generation of scientific discovery machines.

SLAC Computer Science Team

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