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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Exploring the Dark Universe with Supercomputers

Next-generation telescopic surveys will work hand-in-hand with supercomputers to study the nature of dark energy.

January 14, 2016
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From Science to Finance: SLAC Summer Interns Forge New Paths in STEM

More than 100 students worked on projects ranging from website development to imaging techniques for X-ray studies, learning new ways to apply their talents.

September 21, 2017  ·  6 min read
SSRL interns Sabine Hollatz, left, and Anastasiia Makhniaieva, right
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High-Speed Movie Aids Scientists Who Design Glowing Molecules

With SLAC’s X-ray laser, a research team captured ultrafast changes in fluorescent proteins between “dark” and “light” states. The insights allowed the scientists to...

September 20, 2017  ·  4 min read
Aequorea victoria, a bioluminescent jellyfish
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Researchers Develop a Way to Better Predict Corrosion from Crude Oil

The X-ray studies performed at SLAC will help the oil industry improve guidelines for corrosion from sulfur in crude oil.

September 25, 2017  ·  3 min read
Oil refinery
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A Potential New and Easy Way to Make Attosecond Laser Pulses: Focus a Laser on Ordinary Glass

This novel method could shrink the equipment needed to make laser pulses billionths of a billionth of a second long for studying ultra-speedy electron...

September 28, 2017  ·  6 min read
In this illustration, a near-infrared laser beam hits a piece of ordinary glass and triggers a process called high harmonic generation
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Kasper Kjaer Wins First LCLS Young Investigator Award

The early career award from SLAC’s X-ray laser recognizes Kjaer’s work in ultrafast X-ray science.

September 26, 2017  ·  4 min read
photo of Kasper Kjaer in Panofsky Auditorium
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SLAC invention could lead to novel Terahertz light sources that help us see the world with different eyes

A new device could open new avenues for the generation of high-frequency radiation with applications in science, radar, communications, security and medical imaging.

October 4, 2017  ·  5 min read
New Millimeter Source
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

A Radio for Dark Matter

Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.

October 5, 2017
Dark Matter Radio Team
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Matthew Latimer Receives 2017 Lytle Award

The X-ray scientist is honored for 20 years of beamline and instrumentation design, operation and scientific support at SLAC’s synchrotron.

October 5, 2017  ·  2 min read
Matthew Latimer receives the Farrel W. Lytle Award.
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Photos: Prototype of LZ Dark Matter Experiment Gets More Sensitive ‘Eye’

System tests at SLAC continue with 32 light sensors - up from a single one - in a small-scale version of the future experiment...

October 9, 2017
LZ PMT Array
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A Battery Based on Sodium May Offer More Cost-Effective Storage Than Lithium

Lithium ion batteries may remain tops for sheer performance, but when cost-per-storage is factored in, a design based on sodium ions offers promise; research...

October 9, 2017
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

A Play in Parallel Universes

Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics—with a love story.

October 10, 2017
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