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This animation shows how krypton (red) is removed from xenon gas (blue) by flowing the combined gases through a column of charcoal (black specks). Both elements stick to the charcoal, but krypton is not as strongly attached and gets swept...

Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera

Researchers made the first microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Roberto Alonso Mori (right) and Dimosthenis Sokaras work on a spectrometer at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

Chandra Curry at the Matter in Extreme Conditions experimental hutch 6 at LCLS. 

Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles. 

Mechanical engineer Travis Lange carefully watches the installation of the 14th  raft tower modules.

Dwarf Galaxy 3

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.

SSRL’s X-rays  uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, allowing the hidden text to be read for the first time in a thousand years.