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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
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.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Public lecture presented by Herman Winick
Public lecture presented by Neil Calder
Public lecture presented by Graham George
Public lecture presented by Steve Sekula
Aerial view of SLAC’s campus. Stanford campus and Hoover tower can be seen in the distance.
Sunrise timelapse of SSRL (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource)
SLAC’s campus looking south with Interstate 280 in the distance.
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