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What is an XFEL?

Play this video for a simple explanation of what an XFEL is and what kind of research scientists can do with this engineering marvel.
September 30, 2022  ·  00:06:21  runtime
video still frame from explainer about X-ray Free Electron Lasers.
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X-rays from SLAC's synchrotron reveal star maps in a centuries-old manuscript

Pages from the Codex Climaci Rescriptus palimpsest from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, were brought to the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource...

January 29, 2026  ·  1 min read
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SLAC Experts

Thomas Jaramillo

SUNCAT Director, Professor of chemical engineering, of energy science and engineering, and of photon science

Areas of research: Energy sciences; catalysis; sustainable production and use of fuels and chemicals

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SLAC EXPERTS

William Chueh

Director, SLAC-Stanford Battery Center; Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Professor of materials science and engineering and of energy science and engineering; Faculty Scientist, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES)

Areas of research:  energy science; materials for energy; clean energy; sustainability; batteries; energy storage and conversion electrochemistry; redox chemistry; engineering; materials science; X-ray science...

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SLAC researchers image plasma instability relevant to fusion energy and astrophysics

The team developed a platform that uses powerful X-rays from the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser to resolve for the first time the evolution of...

February 12, 2026  ·  4 min read
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Bay Area Light Sources Joint Users' Meeting

In a first-ever collaboration, three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory light source facilities—the Advanced Light Source, the Linac Coherent Light Source, and the...

Date Sunday, September 20, 2026  –  Friday, September 25, 2026
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Energy and sustainability

Two of the most urgent challenges of our time – clean energy and sustainability – require investigation at the atomic level.

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Energy sciences

One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably – in a way that doesn’t compromise the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate...

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A day in the life of an X-ray ‘magic’ maker

Making ‘magic’ happen with bright X-rays, SLAC’s Silvia Russi takes us into the world of a beamline scientist. 

March 5, 2026  ·  5 min read
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SLAC researchers mix X-rays and optical light to track speedy electrons in materials

The new method allows better studies of valence electrons key to materials’ properties and could help unlock novel photocatalysts, light-switchable superconductors and other applications...

March 10, 2026  ·  3 min read
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To create better batteries, SLAC researchers introduce disorder into the design

By instigating atomic disorder in lithium-ion battery materials, researchers created more stable materials that don’t expand, contract and degrade like traditional materials do.

March 23, 2026  ·  5 min read
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New chip technology enables real-time insights from scientific data

Argonne, SLAC researchers designed a chip that compresses and processes detector data instantly, letting scientists analyze results and steer experiments as they happen.

March 24, 2026
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