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

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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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Fermi spacecraft

Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.

August 12, 2016
Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.
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Delta undulator

The side-to-side motion of electrons in a beam can be circular, elliptical, or linear, depending on the position of the Delta undulator's magnet rows...

June 15, 2016
A graphic of the Delta undulator showing circular, elliptical and linear polarization of light.
Photograph

Klystron gallery

The klystron gallery at SLAC’s 2-mile-long linear accelerator contains more than 150 klystrons that produce microwave pulses for accelerating electrons to high energies.

April 20, 2016
Looking down the SLAC Klystron Gallery
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The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at dusk

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is an Office of Science User...
August 18, 2016
SSRL at dusk
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Superconductor material

In this artistic rendering, a magnetic pulse (right) and X-ray laser light (left) converge on a superconductor material to study...
November 2, 2015
Image - In this artistic rendering, a magnetic pulse (right) and X-ray laser light converge on a superconductor material. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Designing future medicines

Researchers use powerful X-rays to reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors. These structures...
April 3, 2017
Powerful X-rays reveal molecular structures at the site where drug compounds interact with cell receptors.
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DES Map

A map of the sky showing the density of galaxy clusters, galaxies and matter in the universe over the part...
August 2, 2017
Map of sky showing density of galaxy clusters
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MEC mirrors and telescope lenses

Highly reflective mirrors and telescope lenses in the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) optical laser system are carefully positioned to...
August 14, 2017
Highly reflective mirrors and telescope lenses in the Matter in Extreme Conditions optical laser system
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Diamond Rain

A cutaway depicts the interior of Neptune.

August 18, 2017
A cutaway depicts the interior of Neptune (right) and an illustration of diamond rain (left).
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Neural Nets and Gravitational Lenses

KIPAC scientists have for the first time used artificial neural networks to analyze complex distortions in spacetime, called gravitational lenses, demonstrating that the method...

August 29, 2017
Neural Nets and Gravitational Lenses
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Sunrise at SLAC

The sun rises over the Science and User Support Building (SUSB) at the entrance to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Stanford's iconic Hoover Tower is...

July 10, 2017
Sunrise at SLAC
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Nanocrystals ‘superlattice’

An illustration shows nanocrystals assembling into an ordered ‘superlattice.’

July 29, 2017
Illustration of nanocrystals forming into superlattices at SLAC's SSRL
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