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Public Lecture

Capturing Molecular Motion using Artificial Intelligence

Presented by Axel Levy.

Date Thursday, April 6, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location Kavli Auditorium, SLAC, Building 51
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Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines

This week 200 members of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage-4 (CMB-S4) collaboration are meeting at SLAC to focus on the continuing development of...
Date Tuesday, August 1, 2023
6:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Trinity Room
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2023 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

This annual meeting is a unique opportunity to gather together the light source community in a single scientific event that includes numerous presentations in...

Date Sunday, September 24, 2023  –  Friday, September 29, 2023
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Public Lecture

Clocking Electrons: an Attosecond Stopwatch

Presented by Siqi Li

Date Thursday, September 21, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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KIPAC public lecture

The next decade of discovery with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Date Wednesday, September 13, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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Bay Area Research SLAM

The Bay Area Research SLAM is a collaboration between the Bay Area's National Labs:  Berkeley, Livermore, Sandia, and SLAC. The SLAM is a competition...
Date Thursday, October 5, 2023
3:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)

The goal of APS CUWiP is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference...

Date Friday, January 19, 2024  –  Sunday, January 21, 2024
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Solar eclipse viewing party

Let’s observe a magnificent partial solar eclipse together! In addition to telescope viewings, this event will also feature a livestream of the annular eclipse...

Date Saturday, October 14, 2023
8:30 a.m.  –  11:30 a.m.  PT
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SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics

Invited speakers from national labs, academia, and industry, will describe their thoughts on the future of nano/microelectronics.

Date Thursday, May 25, 2023  –  Friday, May 26, 2023
SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics May 25-26, 2023
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Public Lecture

Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies

Presented by Emmanuel Schaan

Date Thursday, July 27, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture Poster - Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies
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Dark Matter Searches with Astrophysical Objects

In this lecture, Dr. Rebecca Leane will review a range of dark matter searches using celestial objects, including exoplanets, solar-system planets, the Sun, and...

Date Tuesday, July 18, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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The End of Spacetime

Spacetime and quantum mechanics are the pillars of our modern understanding of fundamental physics. But there are storm clouds on the horizon indicating that...
Date Wednesday, June 20, 2018
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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