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    We explore radically new ideas with an entrepreneurial mindset.

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      Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology.

    • X-ray and Ultrafast science icon X-ray & ultrafast science

      Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons

    • Physics of the universe science icon Physics of the universe

      Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together

    • Advanced Accelerators science icon Advanced accelerators

      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

    • Science of life science icon Science of life

      Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level

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      Inventing new tools for science and society

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      Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges

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      Learn more about the places where science happens at SLAC: our major facilities, institutes and centers.

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        Linac Coherent Light Source

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        Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

      • FACET-II website

        Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests

      • CryoEM website

        Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

    • JOINT INSTITUTES & CENTERS
      • SIMES website

        Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science

      • KIPAC website

        Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology

      • PULSE website

        Stanford PULSE Institute

      • SUNCAT website

        Center for Interface Science & Catalysis

      • SLAC-Stanford Battery Center

    NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST

    SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).

    A drone photo of Rubin Observatory while taking pictures during the First Look observing campaign
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Coherent X-Ray Imaging (CXI) instrument

SLAC associate staff scientist Thomas Joseph Lane at the Coherent X-Ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source...
December 4, 2017
SLAC associate staff scientist Thomas Joseph Lane at the Coherent X-Ray Imaging instrument

Crystallized photolyase

Top: An optical microscope image of crystallized photolyase enzymes before they are probed by the LCLS X-ray laser. Bottom: An...
December 4, 2017
Top: An optical microscope image of crystallized photolyase, Bottom: An X-ray diffraction pattern from the photolyase crystals.
Illustration

Molecular layers in battery electrolyte 

An illustration of electrolyte molecules arranging themselves into layers within a few nanometers of a battery electrode.

February 22, 2018
Illustration of molecular layers in battery electrolyte
Public Lecture Poster

Axions poster

March 13, 2018
Poster titled Axions: Ghost Riders in the Sky
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Al Ashley with internship program fellows 2012

Al Ashley with internship program fellows in 2012. From left: Dorian Bohler, Manuel A. Carrasco, Al Ashley, Darius Morris, Eduardo...
March 15, 2018
Al Ashley with internship program fellows
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Attoclock

The attoclock, illustrated here, can measure laser pulses that last billionths of a billionth of a second long.

April 4, 2018
LCLS attoclock illustration
WHERE RESEARCH HAPPENS

Facilities & centers

SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...
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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Explore our frontier research

SLAC research explores nature on all scales, from the unseen realms of fundamental particles and unbelievably fast processes to astrophysical phenomena of cosmic dimensions that unfold over the age of the universe. Our research opens new windows to the natural...

Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms

Contact SLAC

The SLAC campus is located on 426 acres of Stanford University property, just three miles west of the university campus. The main entrance to the facility is on Sand Hill Road, just east of Interstate 280.

Science and User Support Building to the left and Arrillaga Science Center building to the right from above the Main Quad at SLAC's campus.
History

SLAC timeline

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Signing the SLAC construction contrast in 1962
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SLAC+Stanford

Stanford University operates SLAC for the DOE Office of Science. Our strong ties with Stanford go all the way back to the lab’s founding...
Sunrise at SLAC
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Scientists from universities, laboratories and private companies around the world use our cutting-edge research facilities. Their discoveries benefit a wide range of fields, including...
SLAC’s Arianna Gleason speaks with advisors to Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouilette
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