The research lays the groundwork for deeper exploration of high-temperature superconducting materials, with real-world applications such as lossless power grids and advanced quantum technologies.

Jonathan Dorfan, associate director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and head of its B-Factory project, has been named SLAC's third director, President Gerhard...

The White House has announced the intent to nominate Arthur Bienenstock to the post of Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology...

Dr. Lev Okun will receive a special award created by the Open Society Institute (George Soros, Chairman) in recognition of his work in support...

The microelectronics that power daily life and speed discoveries in science and technology are the focus of a bold new vision to make them...

Burton Richter, Nobel Prize laureate and a pioneer of the colliders that now dominate high-energy physics, announced today that he will step down Aug...

It's finally happened. After extensions and delays, hand wringing and anxiety, the contract between Stanford University and the Department of Energy was signed on...

After 30 years in industry, he is leading a new focus at the lab’s SSRL X-ray light source and looking for ways to build...

Scientists studying laser-plasma proton acceleration made an unexpected breakthrough, simultaneously resolving multiple long-standing problems although they had only aimed to address one. 

As a member of a collaborative team led by General Atomics, SLAC will help bridge basic research programs with the growing fusion industry. 

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