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A young camper at CORE Science Institute

September 30, 2022
A young camper engages with a Van der Graaf generator exhibit at Core science institute
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SLAC Science and User Support Building

The Science and User Support Building (SUSB) entrance with sign.
September 30, 2022
SLAC Science and User Support Building
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Head of Romanesco

Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

September 30, 2022
Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.
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Vera Rubin

Photo of Vera Rubin taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

September 30, 2022
Photo of Vera Rubin, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science, where Vera Rubin spent her career as a staff scientist
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Signed cryomodule

Cryomodule delivery, with signatures from its builders at Jefferson Lab, at the Sector 10 Adit on October 26, 2020.
September 30, 2022
Signed cryomodule horizontal
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XLEAP illustration

Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...

September 27, 2022
XLEAP illustration
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SuperCDMS tower

Putting the fourth, and final, SuperCDMS tower safely back into its storage container. 

September 28, 2022
SCU physics Professor, Software Developer, and Senior Staff Scientist put the SuperCDMS tower safely back into its storage container.
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build

A SLAC team installs the final components of the LSST Camera focal plane that will become the heart and soul of the future camera...

September 28, 2022
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build.
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KIPAC building at SLAC

Bringing cosmic mysteries into focus.
September 28, 2022
KIPAC building at SLAC
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SSRL at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

September 28, 2022
Drone photo of SSRL at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Polarons in a perovskite lattice

An illustration shows polarons – fleeting distortions in a material’s atomic lattice ––in a promising next-generation energy material, lead hybrid...
September 29, 2022
First glimpse of polarons forming in a promising next-gen energy material.
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Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

September 29, 2022
Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
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