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Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
Inventing new tools for science and society
Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
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Linac Coherent Light Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
The strength of a chemical bond between atoms is the fundamental basis for a molecule’s stability and reactivity.
Scientists have successfully tested the first prototype camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
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Unique device will create bunches of electrons to stimulate million-per-second X-ray pulses for LCLS-II.
CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for science.
Frederico Fiuza and his team are conducting thorough investigations of plasma physics to discern the fundamental processes that accelerate particles.
While SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source was designed to push the limits as a high-energy X-ray laser, users' requests have led staff at the...
SLAC is a vibrant place where a diverse group of people comes together to work on a shared mission of exploring the universe at...
The DOE has approved the project’s scientific scope, schedule and funding. SLAC researchers are among the 200 physicists and astronomers who make up the...
Berkeley Lab is overseeing development of specialized undulators that will produce X-ray light at LCLS-II by wiggling electrons.
The program was among those honored with a 2024 Stanford President’s Award for Excellence Through Diversity.
Scientists are using plasma to create electronic sensors that will track the health of astronauts.