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News Feature

A day in the life of an accelerator engineer

Shweta Saraf and her team work to ensure the LCLS beamline runs without interruption. 

June 18, 2025  ·  5 min read
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Lights, camera, cosmos: the cast and crew behind Rubin Observatory

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to embark on its quest to capture the cosmos, marking the culmination of decades of work by...

June 12, 2025  ·  12 min read
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Scientists create first attosecond atomic X-ray laser

One-quintillionth of a second lasing breakthrough could lead to next-generation X-ray technologies, improving imaging in medical, material, and quantum science.

June 11, 2025  ·  3 min read
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Q&A: Jun-Sik Lee explains how new SSRL capabilities will probe the mysteries of superconductors

The upgrades to SSRL’s resonant soft X-ray scattering beam line could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors.

June 9, 2025  ·  5 min read
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Dialing gravitational lensing research up to 11

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will add an unprecedented amount of cosmological data to the study of the structure and expansion of the Universe.

June 5, 2025  ·  10 min read
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The case of the missing copper species

SLAC researchers drew on advanced computation and X-ray methods to track down a water-splitting copper catalyst.

May 30, 2025  ·  4 min read
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SLAC researchers stretch and probe a quantum membrane

The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric – and quantum – territory. 

May 29, 2025  ·  4 min read
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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright visits SLAC to explore groundbreaking science and technology innovations

He met with SLAC staff and toured the lab’s cutting-edge facilities, diving into world-leading research in X-ray and ultrafast science, artificial intelligence, astrophysics and...

May 28, 2025  ·  5 min read
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Humans in the loop: How accelerator operators are partnering with AI

Researchers aim to refine control room tools, improve training, and pave the way for smarter cooperation between humans and machines by studying how operators...

May 27, 2025  ·  6 min read
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Symposium celebrates Claudio Pellegrini, pioneer of SLAC’s X-ray laser

Leading researchers met at SLAC on Pellegrini’s 90th birthday to honor his ongoing scientific legacy and to explore the future of X-ray free-electron laser...

May 23, 2025  ·  9 min read
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A new approach allows researchers to catch a photocatalyst in action

Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, the method revealed atomic motions in a simple catalyst, opening the door to study more complex molecules key to chemical...

May 22, 2025  ·  3 min read
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Researchers find a potential treatment for mitochondrial damage that causes disease

Oxidizing chemicals break this cellular power plant into useless bits, leading to  Parkinson’s disease, ALS, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. A small molecule...

May 21, 2025  ·  6 min read
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