SLAC develops and deploys some of the world’s most advanced scientific tools for exploring how the universe works at the biggest, smallest and fastest scales. Here we explain how they work and the exciting discoveries they make possible.

Researchers figured out how to spray and freeze a cell sample in its natural state in milliseconds, helping them capture basic biological processes in...

Powerful X-rays generated at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory help researchers shed new light on feather evolution.

The facility is now one step away from releasing an unprecedented stream of ultra-bright X-rays.

Batteries come in many shapes and sizes, but their materials can be hard to source. SLAC researchers are trying to build them with more...

Sebek’s extraordinary career at SSRL includes helping build the facility’s original electron injector back in the 1980s and working on almost all of its...

The discovery will help art conservators develop new preservation techniques.

Chemical reactions often involve intermediate steps that are too fast and complex for us to see  – even using our most advanced scientific instruments...

They aim to help society respond ten times faster with treatments for future disease outbreaks.

After almost two decades of synchrotron experiments, Caltech scientists have captured a clear picture of a cell’s nuclear pores, which are the doors and...

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.