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Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets.

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The SLAC team is developing digital twins – powered by AI and high-performance computing – to help quickly shape high-quality particle beams for the...

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A new machine learning algorithm rapidly reconstructs 3D images from X-ray data.

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An upgrade to SLAC’s renowned Linac Coherent Light Source will allow it to deliver X-ray laser beams that are 10,000 times brighter with pulses that arrive up to a million times per second.

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Experiments running at these higher pulse rates will allow scientists to capture ultrafast processes with greater precision, collect data more efficiently and explore phenomena...

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Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory and upended our understanding of superheating.

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Water is all around us, yet its surface layer is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC’s X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

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Surfing a plasma wave, electrons get an energy and brightness boost.

The ideal fusion fuel target doesn’t exist – yet. Researchers at SLAC are trying to change that.

SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgängers

X-ray Laser Animated Fly-through

Imaging of tiny particles at SLAC’s X-ray laser just got faster

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A new world record: LCLS approaches 100,000 pulses per second on the path to a million

The limit does not exist: Superheated gold survives the entropy catastrophe

SLAC researchers wield new tools to study water’s enigmatic surface

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Comprehensive Accelerator Tool For Enhancing Reliability (CATER)

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SLAC and UCLA researchers build plasma accelerator that boosts electron energy and brightness at the same time