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Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
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Linac Coherent Light Source
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Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
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Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Berkeley Lab is overseeing development of specialized undulators that will produce X-ray light at LCLS-II by wiggling electrons.
The program was among those honored with a 2024 Stanford President’s Award for Excellence Through Diversity.
Scientists are using plasma to create electronic sensors that will track the health of astronauts.
X-ray studies at SLAC have observed an exotic property that could improve performance in ever-smaller computer components.
In a detailed study of how intense light strips electrons from atoms, researchers used an X-ray laser, SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), to...
Using an electric field, researchers drew magnetic designs in nonmagnetic material. These efforts could lead to new types of storage devices.
At SLAC's Regional DOE Science Bowl on Saturday, Lynbrook High School pulled off a repeat performance of their 2015 win.
The discovery is one of the first steps towards mapping hues of fossilized species.
Chris Pollock Adapted Technique to Study Biomolecules in More Detail
The 2015 event attracted 100 Bay Area high school students with San Jose’s Lynbrook High School emerging as the winner.
System Studied at SLAC's Synchrotron Mimics Steps in Photosynthesis
Dabbar toured the lab to learn about major initiatives, including LCLS-II and industry partnerships.
