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Illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity – a key component of SLAC’s future LCLS-II X-ray laser.

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Researchers will use FACET-II to develop the plasma wakefield acceleration method, in which researchers send a bunch of very energetic particles through a hot...

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The nanoscale patterns of SLAC and Stanford’s accelerator on a chip gleam in rainbow colors prior to being assembled and cut into their final...

Photo of an array of accelerator chips on a disc

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The center complements other NIH centers at SLAC and elsewhere that broaden access to this cutting-edge technology for biomedical research.

Cryo-EM images of yeast cells with contents highlighted

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The lab is responding to the coronavirus crisis by imaging disease-related biomolecules, developing standards for reliable coronavirus testing and enabling other essential research.

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Scientists are deploying this state-of-the-art X-ray crystallography facility to study biological molecules related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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University of Alberta researchers worked with SLAC X-ray scientists to explore the potential of a feline coronavirus drug that may be effective against SARS-CoV-2.

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Areas of research: structural biology; X-ray crystallography; synchrotrons and X-ray free-electron lasers; COVID-19 research and drug discovery; protein dynamics; experimental automation

SLAC Science Explained

Taking pictures of tiny, flash-frozen things with electrons is revolutionizing biology and technology. SLAC and Stanford host one of the world’s leading facilities for...

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Public lecture presented by Roger Kornberg

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Public lecture presented by Vittal Yachandra

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SLAC science explained

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST

Careers at SLAC

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

LCLS-II Accelerator Cavity

FACET-II science

Array of accelerator chips on a disc

SLAC, Stanford to host national service center for cryo-ET sample preparation

Photosynthesis: How Plants Build the Air we Breathe - Atom by Atom

SLAC joins the global fight against COVID-19

SLAC’s new X-ray beamline aids COVID-19 research

In a search for COVID-19 treatments, researchers pursue a drug used on cats

Aina Cohen

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM): amazing views of life’s machinery

From Atoms to Animals: The Vital Force in Biology

How Plants Do it: Light, Oxygen, Action!