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Christian Tanner wins 2024 SSRL Scientific Development Award

Tanner works on self-assembling nanocrystals, which could be the basis for less expensive, easier to build displays and solar cells.

September 20, 2024  ·  3 min read
Christian Tanner
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New upgrade will supercharge atomic vision of the world’s most powerful X-ray laser

The high-energy upgrade will keep the U.S. at the forefront of X-ray science and technology, allowing researchers to advance fields such as sustainability, human...

September 27, 2024  ·  6 min read
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Standing up the nation’s supercomputing pipeline for streaming big data in real time

SLAC is leading an effort to build a network that will enable AI and machine learning to steer experiments and more.

October 14, 2024
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News Brief

SSRL and LCLS host 2024 Users’ Meeting

Scientists worldwide who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources shine light on latest discoveries and innovations in talks, workshops and discussions.

October 15, 2024  ·  2 min read
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Kelly Gaffney named 2024 American Physical Society Fellow

The SLAC professor was elected to the American Physical Society in recognition of his research on ultrafast X-ray methods.

October 14, 2024
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Adrien Descamps wins 2024 LCLS Young Investigator Award

Descamps was recognized for turning the world’s most powerful X-ray laser into a sophisticated tool for probing extremely hot, dense matter.

October 24, 2024  ·  4 min read
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SLAC’s Keith O. Hodgson wins 2024 Farrel W. Lytle Award

For nearly 50 years, Hodgson has illuminated the synchrotron radiation community through his pioneering research, innovations, leadership, advocacy and mentorship at the Stanford Synchrotron...

November 4, 2024  ·  5 min read
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How microbes create the most toxic form of mercury

SLAC’s SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish.

November 15, 2024  ·  2 min read
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Spotlight on sustainability research: Jocelyn Richardson on supporting ecosystem health

An associate scientist at SSRL, Richardson studies plant growth to find ways to enhance nutrient uptake in plants, especially in challenging conditions – such...

November 15, 2024  ·  2 min read
Jocelyn Richardson
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Taming big data and particle beams: how SLAC researchers are pushing AI to the edge

Researchers across the lab are developing AI tools to harness data and particle beams in real time and make molecular movies, speeding up the...

November 19, 2024  ·  6 min read
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Solving the case of the missing platinum

SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.

February 21, 2025  ·  3 min read
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Slow atomic movements shed new light on unconventional superconductivity

A SLAC study shows a process called atomic relaxation offers a new way to explore quantum states in these puzzling materials.

December 4, 2024  ·  3 min read
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