At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.

Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance. 

X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties. 

At left is physicist Dorian Bohler. Staff gathered in Bldg 52’s main control room on October 6, 2022 in anticipating seeing the first electrons...

Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

Last cryomodule unload, #41 from Fermilab F1.3-06. This one will be one of a few spares for LCLS-II. 

A scientist works on Tuberculosis samples at the Cryo-EM facility.

SLAC staff scientist Alexander Reid

Kavli Institute for Partical Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) scientist Ralf Kaehler, at work here in the "Vizlab," and colleagues use computer visualizations to simulate...