This short conceptual animation depicts how scientists can now simultaneously capture fractal morphology (structure), chemical composition and nanoscale imagery of individual aerosol particles in...
Illustration
Perovskites’ unusual response to light could explain the high efficiency of these next-generation solar cell materials.
![Perovskites’ unusual response to light could explain the high efficiency of these next-generation solar cell materials.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/ued_perovskite_artwork_final_1200x768.jpg?h=422c88a6&itok=OczF7K8g)
Illustration
When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.
![When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/electron_transfer_atomic_motions_artwork_final_1200x768.jpg?h=5baddcf8&itok=2DKOq0wV)
Illustration
Illustration of electrons between layers of 2D semiconductor materials, facilitating rapid heat transfer.
![UED electronic bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-01/ued_2d_electron_energy_transfer_la_final_highres_0.jpg?h=33530b60&itok=OAP-6iG3)
Photograph
Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-02/2022_0505_XCS_Hutch_4_Brand_Photos_Orrell-176.jpg?h=ef8607cc&itok=ZjfVh07e)
Video
Watch the history of SLAC's Stanford Radiation Light Source celebrating 50 years in 2023.
![Stillframe for SSRL history video](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-04/stillframe_372a752a-84d2-45d6-ac31-335afa739b29.jpg?h=bfdcc30a&itok=d_FVPxSd)
![Molecules in the Spotlight](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lectures_files/publiclecture_jan2010_lg_1.jpg?h=dc887fc4&itok=L1-pRN2R)
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Celebration of SSRL’s 50th Anniversary, group photo held on main quad on April 20, 2023.
![SSRL’s 50th Anniversary group photo](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-05/SSRL_50th_Anniversary_Group_Photo_Orrell-1.jpg?h=65c5fcf6&itok=GBGomejB)
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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...
![Backstory: Marc Messerschmidt, Staff Scientist](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/maxresdefault.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=75ouJchP)
![LCLS-II layout](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lclsII_stylized_layout_whitebckgrnd_forpress.jpg?h=f3bfbb6d&itok=TlFXJLIo)
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...
![LCLS-II: The Next Leap for X-ray Science](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/t7jUZwhZdd0_max.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=guDcWe2Z)
Photograph
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is an Office of Science User...
![SSRL at dusk](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/SLAC_SSRL.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=ON5RouSg)