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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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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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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
Reinventing the way we break down plastic waste
Thursday, March 26, 20267:00–8:00 p.m. PDT
SLAC scientists are among the researchers to receive funding to advance solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy.
Annual Award Recognizes Behind-the-scenes Work in Assisting X-ray Experiments
Ultimate Goal: A Super-efficient Way to Conduct Electricity at Room Temperature
Four-day Event Includes Presentations by Nobel Prize Winners, Other Science Luminaries
Science Wonderland at AT&T Park Features Two SLAC Exhibits
Cosmic inflation refers to a period of rapid, accelerated expansion that scientists think took place about 14 billion years ago.
Stanford University Web Archive Features Oldest North American Web Content
Just three days after the San Francisco Giants won the 2014 World Series, SLAC helped transform their home stadium, AT&T Park, into a science...
Scientists have demonstrated that a promising technique for accelerating electrons on waves of hot plasma is efficient enough to power a new generation of...
Scientists at Genentech and SLAC have watched a key human protein change from a form that protects cells to one that kills them, providing...
The Planck mission released a first glimpse of data that, later this year, will test BICEP2’s discovery of gravitational waves.
Companies are using an electron-beam 3-D printing process to manufacture medical implants.