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What is a Femtosecond?

Ryan Coffee, scientist at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, explains, “What is a femtosecond?” 
August 23, 2017  ·  00:02:08  runtime
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Flares and Fireworks From Black Holes

Public lecture presented by Dan Wilkins

July 25, 2017  ·  01:14:53  runtime
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Galaxy Clusters and the Life and Death of the Universe

Public lecture presented by Eli Rykoff

January 31, 2017  ·  00:54:33  runtime
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The New Grid: 100% Clean Energy for All

Public lecture presented by Sila Kiliccote

May 29, 2018  ·  01:06:41  runtime
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Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth

Public lecture presented by Zeeshan Ahmed

October 3, 2017  ·  01:22:41  runtime
Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth
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Axions: Ghost Riders in the Sky

Public lecture presented by Hendrik Vogel

April 3, 2018  ·  01:03:13  runtime
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Catalysis: the Hidden Path to Foods, Fuels and Our Future

Public lecture presented by Simon Bare

January 30, 2018  ·  00:58:34  runtime
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Paint-On Solar Cells: How the Magic Happens

Public lecture presented by Kevin Stone

November 28, 2017  ·  01:04:32  runtime
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WHERE RESEARCH HAPPENS

Facilities & centers

SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...
Facilities at SLAC with SPEAR3 at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to the left and Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) hutch to the right.
Visionary Science

Explore our frontier research

SLAC research explores nature on all scales, from the unseen realms of fundamental particles and unbelievably fast processes to astrophysical phenomena of cosmic dimensions that unfold over the age of the universe. Our research opens new windows to the natural...

Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms

Contact SLAC

The SLAC campus is located on 426 acres of Stanford University property, just three miles west of the university campus. The main entrance to the facility is on Sand Hill Road, just east of Interstate 280.

Science and User Support Building to the left and Arrillaga Science Center building to the right from above the Main Quad at SLAC's campus.
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Signing the SLAC construction contrast in 1962