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How did Synchrotrons become global X-ray powerhouses?

SLAC Recent History (1973-2023 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource) - How did Synchrotrons become global X-ray powerhouses?
May 23, 2023  ·  00:07:32  runtime
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Aalayah Spencer

Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

February 13, 2023
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.
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera digital sensor

The LSST Camera's digital sensor, visible through the camera's five-foot front lens.

August 18, 2023
A digital camera sensor is visible through a large camera lens sitting inside a white room.
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Faster! Catching up to electrons on the move (recording)

Public lecture presented by Taran Driver

November 30, 2023  ·  01:08:09  runtime
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Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge (recording)

Public Lecture presented by Elizabeth Ryland

January 25, 2024  ·  01:04:11  runtime
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The end of spacetime poster

Spacetime and quantum mechanics are the pillars of our modern understanding of fundamental physics.

June 13, 2018
The end of spacetime poster
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How can we recycle and create more sustainable plastics?

Christopher J. Tassone, PhD provides an overview of the research that SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory performed as part of the Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep...

July 25, 2024  ·  00:02:22  runtime
SLAC scientist Christopher J. Tassone
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How did SLAC ship the largest digital camera to Chile?

Margaux Lopez is the logistics lead for shipping the LSST Camera to Chile. The world's largest digital camera, crafted at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory...

July 25, 2024  ·  00:02:48  runtime
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will create a massive timelapse of the universe

Hannah Pollek, a SLAC mechanical engineer, gives us an inside look at how the LSST camera will photograph the southern night sky once it...

July 25, 2024  ·  00:01:45  runtime
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What is Dark Matter?

Risa Wechsler, astrophysicist explains: 85% of the matter in the universe is dark matter, a substance that interacts through gravity but doesn't emit light.

July 25, 2024  ·  00:02:24  runtime
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Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves (recording)

Public lecture presented by Chelsea Bartram

August 1, 2024  ·  01:19:25  runtime
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Photoelectric effect

Scientists uncovered new information about the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago. 
August 20, 2024
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