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Public Lecture

Liquid Diamonds: New Materials at Pressures of the Earth’s Core

At the center of the Earth, matter is crushed under pressures millions of times higher than  we experience here on the surface.  Pressures in...
Date Tuesday, November 27, 2018
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Revolutionary 3D Views of Viral RNA Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Presented by Rachael Kretsch. SARS-Cov-2 and other RNA viruses are formidable natural foes of humanity. To fight them, we must understand them better, especially...

Date Thursday, April 7, 2022
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
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Seeing the Universe Through Quantum Eyes

Presented by Cyndia Yu. Since the earliest times, we humans have attempted to understand and explain the world around us by observing our surroundings.

Date Thursday, June 2, 2022
12:00 p.m.  –  1:00 p.m.  PT
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Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  For a decade, SLAC has been...
Date Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
SLAC  Lecture | Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers
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SLAC on Tap

The Fundamental Universe, Looking for Zebras, and the World’s Largest Demolition Derby

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), protons collide at nearly the speed of light, unleashing a particle party that might reveal secrets beyond our...
Date Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Julia Gonski
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Seminars and conferences

2025 SSRL/LCLS Users' Meeting

21-26 September 2025 at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Date Sunday, September 21, 2025  –  Friday, September 26, 2025
Users' Meeting 2025
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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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Driving Critical Chemical Transformations with Photons, Electrons, and Catalysts

SLAC is hosting a workshop Driving critical chemical transformations with photons, electrons, and catalysts. The workshop will identify key approaches and opportunities to...
Date Monday, June 16, 2025  –  Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Driving Critical Chemical Transformations with Photons, Electrons, and Catalysts
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Seminars and conferences

52nd SLAC Summer Institute (SSI 2024)

The SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) is an annual two-week-long Summer School tradition since 1973. The theme of the 52st SLAC Summer Institute is “The...

Date Monday, August 5, 2024  –  Friday, August 16, 2024
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Public Lectures

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Date Thursday, August 1, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
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Seminars and conferences

Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Image Processing Workshop

The Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center will host an advanced cryo-EM image processing workshop.

Date Monday, September 16, 2024  –  Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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KIPAC public lecture

Traveling Light: The Universe’s Oldest Story Told by the Cosmic Microwave Background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe...

Date Tuesday, July 16, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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