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Past Event
SLAC on Tap
Lasers not attached to sharks, ultrafast science and the quantum mechanics of your sunglasses
Join us for the inaugural SLAC on Tap event at The Patio in Palo Alto. SLAC scientist Alan Fry will chat about lasers not...
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![Using X-rays from SSRL, Chuntian Cao maps silicon as it cycles within a battery.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/43904933314_a61b081f6e_k.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=CWQabSrP)
News Feature
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![Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Spencer is a science and engineering associate in Experiment Control Systems at LCLS.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-02/2022_0505_XCS_Hutch_4_Brand_Photos_Orrell-176.jpg?h=ef8607cc&itok=ZjfVh07e)
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News Feature
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