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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.

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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.

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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...

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

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

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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...

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

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

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The SLAC team is developing digital twins – powered by AI and high-performance computing – to help quickly shape high-quality particle beams for the...

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

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

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

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He was honored for his work in ultrafast physics.

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

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Harnessing nuclear fusion would bring the clean, unlimited energy of the stars to Earth.

An upgrade to SLAC’s renowned Linac Coherent Light Source will allow it to deliver X-ray laser beams that are 10,000 times brighter with pulses that arrive up to a million times per second.

Learn more about the LSST Camera for the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory led the construction of the LSST Camera – the largest digital camera ever built for astrophysics and cosmology.

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Two of the most urgent challenges of our time – clean energy and sustainability – require investigation at the atomic level.

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SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.

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On April 20, 2023 we celebrated 50 years of transformative science at SSRL. This unique event acknowledged many individuals who have made SSRL such a vital and impactful facility through partnerships among SSRL users and staff that fuel our success.

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

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

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.

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

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First valence electron measurements capture fleeting reaction process

Superheated Gold Defies ‘Entropy Catastrophe’ Limit, Overturning 40-Year-Old Physics

Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers, Accidentally Disprove Renowned Physics Model