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More than 40 interns spent 10 weeks this summer helping SLAC researchers advance the use of the Linac Coherent Light Source.

LCLS director Mike Dunne with intern Temuulen Batenkh​

Award honors accomplishments in condensed matter physics and electrochemistry at SSRL.

Trevor Petach

SLAC’s X-ray laser provides clues to engineering a new protein to kill mosquitos that carry dengue and Zika.

Scientists shed light on the three-dimensional structure of BinAB and its mode of action.

SLAC postdoctoral scholars recently participated in Tech Trek program to engage in a lively discussion with middle-schoolers.

SLAC postdoctoral scholars
News Feature · VIA Berkeley Lab

LZ Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward

Underground experiment passes critical DOE review and prepares for startup in 2020.

The discovery is one of the first steps towards mapping hues of fossilized species.

American kestrel feather

Understanding how a material’s electrons interact with vibrations of its nuclear lattice could help design and control novel materials, from solar cells to high-temperature superconductors.

Just as Schroedinger's Cat is both alive and dead, an atom or molecule can be in two different states at once. Now scientists have exploited this behavior to make X-ray movies of atomic motion with much more detail than ever...

Illustration of a molecule splitting into two Schroedinger's Cat states

The fellowship will support their research into developing new methods of imaging tiny particles and understanding the properties of the Higgs boson.

Tais Gorkhover and Michael Kagan, the 2016 Panofsky Fellows at SLAC
News Feature · VIA Stanford Energy

New Research Could Lead to Greener Methanol Production

A team led by chemists at Stanford University and SLAC has unraveled a longstanding mystery that brings them one step closer to a cleaner, more energy-efficient way to make methanol, an important industrial chemical used in products such as paints...

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