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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

September 19, 2022  ·  4 min read
A three-dimensional structure of the soil virus AMG product, an enzyme known as a chitosanase.
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SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

July 27, 2022  ·  7 min read
SRCF-II
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SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

September 8, 2022  ·  4 min read
SARS-CoV-2-NEMO
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Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

August 31, 2022  ·  6 min read
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
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‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

September 2, 2022  ·  6 min read
Diamond rain formation
News Brief

Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research

Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials...

September 14, 2022  ·  3 min read
Fan wins this year's Klein award from SSRL.
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A Goldilocks promoter for a silver catalyst

Nickel dopants could improve sustainable production of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in industrial manufacturing.

March 17, 2025  ·  3 min read
An illustration of purple balls (oxygen) gather near a nickel atom embedded in a sheet of silver.
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Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  For a decade, SLAC has been...
Date Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
SLAC  Lecture | Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers
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Cutting-edge experiments reveal ‘hidden’ details in transforming material

Using an advanced technique at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, researchers make surprising discoveries.

March 20, 2025  ·  5 min read
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Dedicated beamline will support SLAC’s growing catalysis research community

Following a boom in catalysis users at SSRL, Beam Line 10-2 has been transformed and outfitted with new technologies. 

April 21, 2025  ·  5 min read
Beam Line 10-2 hutch
News Brief

Researchers use SLAC’s synchrotron to monitor how one protein’s evolution could affect transmission of avian flu to and between humans

The new findings highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of H5N1’s evolution in nature. 

April 24, 2025  ·  4 min read
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Berkeley Lab, SLAC scientists crack decades-old puzzle in CO2-to-fuel conversion

Advanced imaging technique reveals catalyst degradation processes, addressing a key barrier to converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel.

April 28, 2025
Walter Drisdell and Aidan Coffey of Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab’s LiSA research facility adjusting a pump that flows liquid through the electrochemical cell
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