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      Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons

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      Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together

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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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      Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level

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        Linac Coherent Light Source

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        Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

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        Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests

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        Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

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        Center for Interface Science & Catalysis

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    SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).

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Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The collaboration is searching for dark matter particles with masses smaller than ten times the mass of the proton.

SuperCDMS Detector 2

Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

LCLS is the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, open to experiments by scientists from across the globe.

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News Brief

Researchers aim to make cheaper fuel cells a reality

The team reduced the amount of expensive platinum group metals needed to make an effective cell and found a new way to test future...

November 13, 2023  ·  3 min read
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Contractor Assurance

The Contractor Assurance System (CAS) is a suite of integrated management and assurance systems, processes and tools that monitor and help improve all aspects of Laboratory performance.

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Visitor User Employee Center (VUE)

The VUE Center welcomes thousands of guests each year from within the US and abroad who are interested in visiting or working with SLAC. We have put together some information to help you with your visit to or stay at SLAC.

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Providing SLAC with a sustainable platform capable of supporting current and future science missions.

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SLAC Faculty Affairs Office

The SLAC Faculty Affairs Office is responsible for implementing University policy regarding appointments and promotions, salary setting, leaves, endowed chair appointments, and other matters of an academic nature.

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How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus

Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections.

November 14, 2023  ·  5 min read
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VUE Center: COVID-19 Information

Current COVID-19 Requirements and guidelines at SLAC

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DOE/Stanford University contract

U.S. Department of Energy/Stanford University Contract for the management and operation of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Shrinking particle accelerators with cold plasma and a large picnic basket

What could smaller particle accelerators look like in the future? SLAC scientists are working on innovations that could give more researchers access to accelerator...

December 1, 2023  ·  8 min read
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Geospatial mapping promotes effective utilization of Geospatial Science within the SLAC community.

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