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In photosystem II, the water-splitting center cycles through four stable states, S0-S3. On a baseball field, S0 would be...

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SLAC’s newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) successfully produced its first X-rays, creating unparalleled capabilities that will usher in...

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To find the best possible shape for an accelerator component (left), researchers often have to tweak a number of factors...

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

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A map of the sky showing the density of galaxy clusters, galaxies and matter in the universe over the part...

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Looking east down SLAC's 2-mile long linear accelerator toward Stanford and the San Francisco Bay.



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The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory sits on more than 400 acres of Stanford land, just west of the main campus.



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Al Ashley with internship program fellows in 2012. From left: Dorian Bohler, Manuel A. Carrasco, Al Ashley, Darius Morris, Eduardo...
