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SLAC on Tap

Attoseconds, X-Ray Lasers, and Tracking Sub-Atomic Sheepdogs

Electrons are tiny, charged particles with huge jobs: They hold all matter together, they drive the chemical reactions that power life, and they transport...
Date Thursday, August 21, 2025
5:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
A headshot of Taran Driver next to the SLAC on Tap logo with the words "Home brewed science" surrounding the logo
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Seminars and conferences

Mastering Materials Durability for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

Please join us for a workshop being hosted as part of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s X-ray and Ultrafast Strategic Initiative. The workshop is focused...
Date Wednesday, June 25, 2025  –  Thursday, June 26, 2025
Mastering Materials Durability for Next-Generation Energy Technologies
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Community Day

STEM Community Day 2025

Join us for science fun at STEM Community Day on October 25 at SLAC!

Date Saturday, October 25, 2025
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Science and User Support Building, Kavli …
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Special Events

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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Public Lectures

How scientists are building the AI-powered laboratory

Register here to join us in-person, or watch online.  How do we find the next super material? How do we discover the next breakthrough...
Date Thursday, June 4, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture Poster
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Special Events

KIPAC 20th anniversary community day

This event is free, open to all, and family-friendly hosted by Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, Science &...
Date Saturday, April 15, 2023
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad
Dwarf Galaxy 3.
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Energy and sustainability

Explore how SLAC advances energy research, partnering with Stanford University, the U.S. Department of Energy and industry, to help create a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future.

SLAC scientist working on batteries at scale in the SLAC–Stanford Battery Center in the Arrillaga Science Center
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Community Day

STEM Community Day 2026

Join us for science fun at STEM Community Day on Saturday, September 12, from 1-5 pm at SLAC!

Date Saturday, September 12, 2026
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Science and User Support Building, Kavli …
Children enjoy interactive science demos
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News Collection

LCLS-II High Energy Upgrade

Now, we’re turning up the energy. The high-energy upgrade to LCLS will extend its ultrafast megahertz capability into the “hard,” or high-energy, X-ray regime.   

The first of 23 cryomodules is delivered to SLAC for the high energy upgrade to the Linac Coherent Light Source
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Public Lectures

Blazing the path to a fusion future

Register here to join us in-person, or watch online.  Realizing usable electrical power from nuclear fusion has been a grand challenge for physicists and...
Date Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Arianna Gleason
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Dark matter

Dark matter makes up about 85% of all matter in the universe, yet its true identity remains one of the biggest cosmological mysteries. At SLAC, researchers are searching high and low to find answers.

Formation of dark matter structures.
Upcoming Event
SLAC on Tap

SLAC on Tap: Night of the Dark Matter

Something is lurking in the dark. Dark matter makes up most of the matter in the universe, yet it continues to slip through our...
Date Wednesday, October 28, 2026
5:30 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap
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