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Scientists have developed an AI-based method that helps gather data more efficiently in the search for new materials, allowing researchers...

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LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins.

Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins

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Scientists demonstrated a materials characterization technique can be successful at a new type of facility, and they used it at LCLS to discover a...

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After more than a decade, LCLS was upgraded to generate even more powerful X-ray laser beams. With the LCLS-II upgrade, LCLS is around 10,000...

The creation of the world's brightest X-ray

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Lecture presented by Yi Cui

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Play this video for a simple explanation of what an XFEL is and what kind of research scientists can do with this engineering marvel.

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The award celebrates Huang’s achievements studying atom-scale physics with fast X-ray pulses.

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The ePix series of detectors is designed to keep pace with ever more demanding experiments at SLAC and elsewhere.

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New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center bridges the gaps between discovering, manufacturing and deploying innovative energy storage solutions.

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SIMES researcher Danfeng Li explains the delicate ‘Jenga chemistry’ behind making a new nickel oxide material, the first in a potential new family of...

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Learn more about how materials chemist and SLAC Associate Scientist Molleigh Preefer uses the powerful X-rays of SLAC’s synchrotron to watch battery charging cycles...

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Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Self driving experiments

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

Fact sheet: LCLS-II

Atomic 'GPS' elucidates movement during ultrafast material transitions

The creation of the world's brightest X-ray laser

Batteries for the Future: What's Possible?

XFEL explainer

Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

A versatile set of detector building blocks prepares SLAC researchers for a challenging future of X-ray science

New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks to a sustainable energy transition

Jenga Chemistry

Meet Molleigh Preefer: how do synchrotrons help develop fast-charging batteries?