Marc Messerschmidt, a staff scientist at the Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) experimental station at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, describes his daily...
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Video
This movie introduces LCLS-II, a future light source at SLAC. It will generate over 8,000 times more light pulses per second than today’s most...
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Photograph
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is an Office of Science User...
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Video
Ryan Coffee, scientist at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, explains, “What is a femtosecond?”
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Illustration
An illustration of electrolyte molecules arranging themselves into layers within a few nanometers of a battery electrode.
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Photograph
SLAC associate staff scientist Thomas Joseph Lane at the Coherent X-Ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source...
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Illustration
An illustration shows nanocrystals assembling into an ordered ‘superlattice.’
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Public Lecture Poster
The Grid Integration, Systems & Mobility lab works with universities, state agencies, utilities and industry to develop technology solutions for...
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