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SLAC's early history: A "monster" of an idea changed how we see the universe

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated 60 years of science in 2022. This video is the first part in a series of videos celebrating SLAC’s...

April 20, 2022  ·  00:06:15  runtime
SLAC's early history: A "monster" of an idea changed how we see the universe
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Synchrotron explainer

Watch this video for a simple explanation of what a synchrotron is and why there are 60 around the world today.

September 28, 2022  ·  00:03:54  runtime
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SLAC Recent History: The creation of a powerful X-ray laser

SLAC Recent History (1990s-today SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source) – The creation of a powerful X-ray laser. 

May 9, 2022  ·  00:05:19  runtime
SLAC Recent History: The creation of a powerful X-ray laser
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Improving Batteries from the Atoms Up

  Public lecture presented by Yijin Liu

October 4, 2022  ·  01:20:15  runtime
Public Lecture | Improving Batteries from the Atoms Up presented by Yijin Liu
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Kitware dashboard developed for use with SLAC’s ACE3P software

This animation shows an accelerator cavity whose design is being optimized with the help of a dashboard Kitware developed for use with SLAC’s ACE3P...
October 21, 2022
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Ultrafast Electron Diffraction: How It Works

This animation explains how researchers use high-energy electrons at SLAC to study faster-than-ever motions of atoms and molecules relevant to important material properties and...

August 5, 2015  ·  00:04:37  runtime
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PHASER Design - Technology Innovation Directorate (TID)

This animation shows the proposed design of a future device for X-ray therapy, which researchers hope will be able to deliver radiation powerful enough...

November 28, 2018  ·  00:00:29  runtime
Proposed design of a future device for X-ray therapy
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Simulation of the formation of dark matter structure around the Milky Way

Simulation of the formation of the dark matter structure surrounding the Milky Way, from the early universe to today.

October 23, 2022  ·  00:00:48  runtime
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X-ray vision for aerosol scientists: LCLS snapshots of soot

This short conceptual animation depicts how scientists can now simultaneously capture fractal morphology (structure), chemical composition and nanoscale imagery of individual aerosol particles in...
January 26, 2012  ·  00:02:04  runtime
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XPP | New ‘Molecular Movie’ Reveals Ultrafast Chemistry in Motion

This video describes how the Linac Coherent Light Source, an X-ray free-electron laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, provided the first direct measurements of...

June 22, 2015  ·  00:02:38  runtime
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XPP | Unlocking the Secrets of Brain Signals

This video describes the function and 3-D structure of a protein complex that provides the ultrafast trigger for chemical messages sent between nerve cells...

October 30, 2022  ·  00:02:28  runtime
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CXI | X-ray Laser Gets First Real-time Snapshots of a Chemical Flipping a Biological Switch

In a landmark experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, scientists used an X-ray laser to capture the first snapshots of a chemical interaction between...
October 30, 2022  ·  00:02:12  runtime
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