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The facility is now one step away from releasing an unprecedented stream of ultra-bright X-rays.

Over the past few years, Kathleen Ratcliffe and Tien Fak Tan have worked together to help build the superconducting accelerator that will drive new scientific discoveries at SLAC’s X-ray laser.

More than 300 gathered for a day-long symposium to celebrate the history and future of the pioneering X-ray laser.

The new technology could allow next-generation instruments to explore the atomic world in ever more detail.

During a recent shutdown, engineers installed new beamline technology and a 3-D virtual tour captured rare views of the synchrotron’s interior.

The lab’s contributions to the national AI initiative are bolstered by its breakthrough scientific tools, unprecedented data and unique partnerships that help illuminate nature from the expansion of the universe to the motions of electrons.

Three physicists talk about how they got started, their work at SLAC and what they would say to others considering a career in STEM.

Four engineers discuss their journeys to working at SLAC and counsel those following in their footsteps.

The annual conference for scientists who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources engaged about 350 researchers in talks, workshops and discussions.

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.

Driven by curiosity about nature, SLAC researcher Shannon Harvey develops quantum dots, a mass-producible type of qubit, as part of the Q-NEXT collaboration.

Nearly 200 guests attended a symposium on fundamental physics to celebrate the former deputy director’s numerous scientific contributions, which continue to have a tremendous impact on our understanding of the subatomic world.