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In 2019, researchers plan to replace the current dark matter experiment LUX with the more sensitive LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ). It will be located one mile...

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Public lecture presented by Ashley James

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Poster illustration of public lecture featuring Ashley James

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Klystrons are microwave generators. The klystrons used at SLAC are cousins to the microwave generators that heat up food in your microwave oven.

Public Lecture Poster

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Watch this video for a simple explanation of what a synchrotron is and why there are 60 around the world today.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a Department of Energy national lab run by Stanford in the heart of Silicon Valley. We invent scientific tools...

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SLAC Recent History (1990s-today SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source) – The creation of a powerful X-ray laser.

SLAC Recent History: The creation of a powerful X-ray laser

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated 60 years of science in 2022. This video is the first part in a series of videos celebrating SLAC’s...

SLAC's early history: A "monster" of an idea changed how we see the universe

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Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm delivered this speech on the successful completion of the world’s most powerful X-ray laser at SLAC National Accelerator...

Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm delivering a speech at SLAC

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Christopher J. Tassone, PhD provides an overview of the research that SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory performed as part of the Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep...

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Scientists have developed an AI-based method that helps gather data more efficiently in the search for new materials, allowing researchers...

Who we are

SLAC science explained

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST

Careers at SLAC

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) underground diagram

Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant

Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant

Just what is a klystron?

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Synchrotron explainer

Who we are

SLAC Recent History: The creation of a powerful X-ray laser

SLAC's early history: A "monster" of an idea changed how we see the universe

Secretary Granholm Speech during SLAC's LCLS first light celebration

How can we recycle and create more sustainable plastics?

Self driving experiments