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Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology.
Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
Inventing new tools for science and society
Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
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Learn more about the places where science happens at SLAC: our major facilities, institutes and centers.
Linac Coherent Light Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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Reinventing the way we break down plastic waste
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If you like your science with a cup of coffee, a pint of beer or a raucous crowd, these events may be for you.
A possible sign of dark matter will eventually become clear, according to promising signs from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment.
System Studied at SLAC's Synchrotron Mimics Steps in Photosynthesis
SSRL protein crystallography expert joined research effort that could lead to a safe and effective alternative to chemotherapy.
Particle physicists and scientists from other disciplines are finding ways to help one another answer critical questions.
CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for science.
As charged-particle therapies grow in popularity, physicists are working with other experts to make them smaller, cheaper and more effective—and m
Martin L. Perl, a professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in...
The Medal is the Nation's Highest Honor for Achievement in the Field of Science
Discovery at SLAC's Synchrotron Could Lead to New Drug Designs, Treatments
From 'Hollow' Atoms to Structures Inside Living Cells, SLAC's Laser Continues to Explore Science at the Extremes
Astrophysicists inspire space-related projects at a 24-hour hack-a-thon in San Francisco.