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SLAC Gears Up for Dark Matter Hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN

Researchers at SLAC are setting up a test stand and liquid xenon purification system for the future LZ experiment, which is scheduled to begin...

May 20, 2015  ·  5 min read
illustration of LUX-ZEPLIN chamber
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Emma McBride and Caterina Vernieri Receive 2018 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC

Their work will deepen our understanding of matter in extreme conditions and fundamental particle physics.

July 26, 2018  ·  5 min read
Panofsky Fellows 2018
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X-ray & ultrafast science

With their ability to penetrate matter and resolve individual atoms, X-rays and electrons are among scientists’ most useful tools for determining the structure and behavior of molecules and materials.

First microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.
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Zooming in, zooming out: Q&A with SLAC’s Deputy Director for Science & Technology Alberto Salleo

Salleo sees strength in the big picture and minute details of the people, tools and partnerships at SLAC.

January 30, 2026  ·  7 min read
Portrait of Alberto Salleo
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A day in the life of a machine learning expert

Digital design engineer Abhilasha Dave’s passion for connecting machine learning and hardware is helping SLAC solve big data challenges.

September 16, 2024  ·  5 min read
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Three SLAC Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Research Grants

Zeeshan Ahmed, Frederico Fiuza and Emilio Nanni will each receive about $2.5 million over five years to pursue cutting-edge research into cosmic inflation, plasma...

August 10, 2017  ·  8 min read
SLAC's 2017 DOE Early Career Award winners
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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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Scientists Discover Atomic-resolution Details of Brain Signaling

Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells using SLAC's X-ray laser.

August 17, 2015  ·  6 min read
Image - This illustration shows a protein complex at work in brain signaling. Its structure, which contains joined protein complexes known as SNARE and synaptotagmin-1, is shown in the foreground. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Mysterious Neutrinos Take the Stage at SLAC

SLAC is ramping up its efforts to understand neutrinos – elusive fundamental particles whose properties may help researchers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.

September 23, 2015  ·  7 min read
The EXO-200 underground detector.
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Taming big data and particle beams: how SLAC researchers are pushing AI to the edge

Researchers across the lab are developing AI tools to harness data and particle beams in real time and make molecular movies, speeding up the...

November 19, 2024  ·  6 min read
Graphic of AI in several science areas
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This exotic form of ice just got weirder

Researchers find evidence of coexisting atomic stacking patterns in superionic water. 

January 8, 2026  ·  6 min read
Dark background with three connected elements: a blue and purple sphere on left, blue molecular spheres in center circle, and green prism on right.
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DOE honors four SLAC and Stanford scientists with Early Career Awards

Leora Dresselhaus-Marais, Claudio Emma,  Bernhard Mistlberger and Johanna Nelson Weker will pursue cutting-edge research into decarbonizing steel production, theoretical physics, generating more intense particle...

August 10, 2023  ·  9 min read
This photo shows all four recipients from SLAC and Stanford of the DOE's 2023 Early Career Award
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