Powerful X-rays generated at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory help researchers shed new light on feather evolution.

SLAC will partner in two collaborations that aim to speed up progress in fusion energy science and technology.

Scientists developed a groundbreaking technology that allows them to see sound waves and microscopic defects inside crystals, promising insights that connect ultrafast atomic motion...

A materials scientist who specializes in superconductors, Sarrao brings a deep background in national lab leadership and the evolution of SLAC science. 

Three SAGE alumni talk about their experiences with a program meant to broaden gender diversity in STEM.

Peter Dahlberg has combined two complex imaging techniques into one. The 2021 Panofsky Fellow adds cryo-ET and biosensors to fluorescence microscopy to give context...

A groundbreaking study shows defects spreading through diamond faster than the speed of sound 

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

A sophisticated new "particle smasher" at Stanford University built to explore the difference between matter and antimatter came to life this week with the...

Energy Secretary Bill Richardson today joined leading scientists from around the world at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to dedicate a state-of-the-art research...

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...