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SLAC’s 2026 Panofsky Fellow Ann Wang hunts for dark matter

Her work will advance a next-generation experiment in the hope of detecting this mysterious ingredient of the universe.

September 24, 2025  ·  3 min read
Portrait of Ann Wang
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A miniature camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will help test the observatory and take first images

SLAC completed its work on ComCam, a commissioning device to be installed in Chile later this year.

June 19, 2019  ·  4 min read
LSST-ComCam
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Tools of the Trade: New X-ray Microscopy Technique Images Magnetic Nanostructure

A new X-ray technique for producing instantaneous nanoscale images of the magnetic polarity in materials has been demonstrated by SLAC scientist Joshua Turner.

August 3, 2011  ·  3 min read
Magnetic domains revealed in cobalt alloy by new technique (Image courtesy Joshua Turner.)
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New collaboration aims to bring cutting-edge X-ray methods to more biological researchers

SSRL and LCLS scientists will help visiting research teams solve their experimental challenges, then apply what they’ve learned to help others work more efficiently.

March 26, 2021  ·  4 min read
Diagram of a complex molecule
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Harker School Wins Second Consecutive SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl

Two dozen teams competed for a chance to go to the Nationals, and 60 trained volunteers worked to make the regional contest happen.

February 9, 2018  ·  3 min read
Regional Science Bowl champion team
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Researchers discover long-sought mechanism behind worst cases of a common blood disorder

G6PD deficiency affects about 400M people worldwide and can pose serious health risks. Uncovering the causes of the most severe cases could finally lead...

January 19, 2021  ·  4 min read
G6PD enzyme in red blood cell
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Engineers Make World's Fastest Organic Transistor, Heralding New Generation of See-through Electronics

Teams from Stanford, SLAC and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln collaborate to make thin, transparent semiconductors that could become the foundation for cheap, high-performance displays.

January 9, 2014  ·  3 min read
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KIPAC Celebrates Second Annual Public Open House

About 550 visitors from all over the Bay Area came to explore a wide range of the institute’s cosmic research topics.

May 8, 2014  ·  3 min read
Photo - 3-D movies at the 2014 KIPAC open house
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Blaine Mooers wins 2022 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron leadership and RNA research

His work has led to new treatments for advanced lung cancer and a better understanding of dangerous parasites.

October 26, 2022  ·  3 min read
Blaine Mooers
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Researchers adapt a Nobel Prize-winning method to design new, ultra-powerful X-ray systems

Once built, the system could produce fast X-ray pulses ten times more powerful than ever before.

December 5, 2022  ·  3 min read
illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity – a key component of SLAC’s future LCLS-II X-ray laser.
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Flameproofing lithium-ion batteries with salt

A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F. 

December 7, 2022  ·  4 min read
A white disc of battery material catches fire.
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SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding. 

December 8, 2022  ·  8 min read
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