In 1962, in the rolling hills west of Stanford University, construction began on the longest and straightest structure in the world.

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The lab honors its remarkable past while continuing its quest for a brighter future.

Making ‘magic’ happen with bright X-rays, SLAC’s Silvia Russi takes us into the world of a beamline scientist. 

The new method allows better studies of valence electrons key to materials’ properties and could help unlock novel photocatalysts, light-switchable superconductors and other applications...

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics and kicking off a new era of dynamic, real-time...

The experiment’s detectors have reached their operating temperature, almost a thousand times colder than outer space.

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By instigating atomic disorder in lithium-ion battery materials, researchers created more stable materials that don’t expand, contract and degrade like traditional materials do.

The winning teams from Lynbrook High School and Joaquin Miller Middle School will continue on to nationals.

Argonne, SLAC researchers designed a chip that compresses and processes detector data instantly, letting scientists analyze results and steer experiments as they happen.