This illustration shows snapshots of the light-triggered transition of the ring-shaped 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD) molecule (background) to its stretched-out 1,3,5-hexatriene (HT) form (foreground).
![Molecular Movie in HD Art](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/nature_chemistry_artwork_wolf_final.jpg?h=1e194adf&itok=W0-ECeoU)
Researchers will use FACET-II to develop the plasma wakefield acceleration method, in which researchers send a bunch of very energetic particles through a hot...
![FACET-II science](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/facetII_science_highres-1600px_1.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=u3kmtv54)
An animation shows how an infrared laser beam (orange) triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide, which are then recorded by...
![infrared laser beam triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide](/sites/default/files/fese_animated_v01.gif)
![Illustration from SLAC Public Lecture series titled Improving batteries from the atoms up.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/public_lecture_feb2021_backgroundimage.jpg?h=1bede6ae&itok=7pG0xzDQ)
The nanoscale patterns of SLAC and Stanford’s accelerator on a chip gleam in rainbow colors prior to being assembled and cut into their final...
![Photo of an array of accelerator chips on a disc](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130927-chiparray-990w.jpg?h=91b8c1c6&itok=x_hDUHq7)
X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
![X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/cover_nilsson_nomansland_final_landscape_highres_1200x768.jpg?h=67ab0815&itok=RgXSbKpu)
Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
![Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/lithium_ion_oxygen_migration_la_final_1200x768.jpg?h=e735519e&itok=MsQNidT4)
Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.
![Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nature_lcls_rgb.jpg?h=c1adbf8b&itok=XbnpsFl9)
At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.
![At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/44943593144_f53c15a6cc_o_1200x768.jpg?h=07c03992&itok=C5Vf0B9Q)
Researchers used SLAC’s ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) as an electron camera to take snapshots of a three-atom-thick layer of a promising material as it...
![UED electron camera takes snapshots of dynamic ripples.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/UED-MoS2-Ripples3_0.jpg?h=748133d4&itok=2EueSwLE)
Researchers made the first microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.
![First microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/5744437614ab6.jpeg?h=eb808868&itok=wEtVidF7)