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Who we are
We explore radically new ideas with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology.
Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
Inventing new tools for science and society
Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
SLAC science explained
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Learn more about the places where science happens at SLAC: our major facilities, institutes and centers.
Linac Coherent Light Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
SLAC events
At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.
Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
At left is physicist Dorian Bohler. Staff gathered in Bldg 52’s main control room on October 6, 2022 in anticipating seeing the first electrons from LCLS-II.
Last cryomodule unload, #41 from Fermilab F1.3-06. This one will be one of a few spares for LCLS-II.
SLAC staff scientist Alexander Reid
Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.
Watch this video for a simple explanation of what a synchrotron is and why there are 60 around the world today.
