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The Macromolecular Structure Knowledge Center can help researchers who lack equipment for testing hundreds of different crystallization conditions or expertise in working with challenging...

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SLAC’s LSST camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

SLAC’s LSST Camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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Laser-driven break up of "buckyballs" is recorded in real-time by X-ray imaging at LCLS.

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From left, SCU Physics Prof. Betty Young, Software Developer Concetta "Tina" Cartaro and Senior Staff Scientist Richard Partridge put the fourth, and final, SuperCDMS...

The fourth, and final, SuperCDMS tower is put back into its storage container

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Facilities at SLAC with SPEAR3 at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to the left and Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) hutch to the right.

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Stanford graduate student Ameya Kunder is examining a wafer containing prototype frequency-upconverting superconducting quantum devices, manufactured at SLAC’s superconducting device...

A person in a bunny suit examines a wafer

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Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets.

a graphic in the style of graphic novel depicts four lasers converging on a spherical target, which represents an inertial fusion energy reaction

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The SLAC team is developing digital twins – powered by AI and high-performance computing – to help quickly shape high-quality particle beams for the...

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The American Library Association (ALA) has honored Louise Addis, whose innovations in information technology spawned the world's first virtual library and made her America's...

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An experiment and a detailed design study recently have opened the way to the development of an x-ray laser.

Layout of the Linac Coherent Light Source

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Researchers with the Doudna group used SSRL to uncover how viruses use special enzymes to evade a host's defenses.

Your One-stop Shop for Producing, Crystallizing Biomolecules

LSST Camera Raft Installation

Observing quantum footballs blown up by laser kicks

SuperCDMS tower

Facilities and centers at SLAC

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The ideal fusion fuel target doesn’t exist – yet. Researchers at SLAC are trying to change that.

SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgängers

American Library Association Honors Louise Addis as First Library Webmaster in U.S.

The X-ray Laser May Soon Become a Reality

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New method uncovers how viruses evade immune responses — and how we might fight back