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X-ray Laser Probes Biomolecules to Individual Atoms

An international team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has proved how the world's most powerful X-ray laser...

June 1, 2012  ·  3 min read
a lysozyme structural model against its X-ray diffraction pattern
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Director of Accelerator Directorate Discusses Blogging

from CERN Courier

May 7, 2012  ·  1 min read
Norbert Holtkamp
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Obama Honors Burton Richter with Prestigious Enrico Fermi Award

President Obama has named SLAC director emeritus and Nobel laureate Burton Richter as one of two winners of the Enrico Fermi Award, one of...

January 12, 2012  ·  1 min read
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Laser Mashup: Researchers Mix X-ray, Optical Beams to Create Atomic Gauge

In a paper published Aug. 30 in Nature, an international team of researchers working at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC National Accelerator...

August 30, 2012  ·  3 min read
Experiment Mixes X-ray, Optical Laser Light
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X-ray Laser Pulses in Two Colors

SLAC researchers have demonstrated for the first time how to produce pairs of X-ray laser pulses in slightly different wavelengths, or colors, with finely...

March 26, 2013  ·  4 min read
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SLAC Public Lecture: Particle Accelerator on a Chip

Tuesday evening, May 24, 2011, Christopher McGuinness of SLAC's Accelerator Research Division will present a free public lecture, "Particle Accelerator on a Chip."

May 24, 2011  ·  1 min read
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The New Grid poster

The Grid Integration, Systems & Mobility lab works with universities, state agencies, utilities and industry to develop technology solutions for...
May 18, 2018
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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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ZAP! The X-Ray Laser is Born

SLAC has converted its giant particle accelerator into the world's first X-ray laser. By a billion fold the world's brightest X-ray source, the laser...
Date Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Presented by Wendy Mao. The deeper we go into the Earth, the higher the pressure. At the pressures found within the center of our...

Date Tuesday, September 29, 2009
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
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Space: The Hunt for Hidden Dimensions

Presented by JoAnne Hewett. Extra dimensions of space may be present in our universe. Their discovery would dramatically change our view of the cosmos...

Date Tuesday, April 25, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Arsenic: The Silent Killer

Andrea Foster uses x-rays to determine the forms of potentially toxic elements in environmentally-important matrices such as water, sediments, plants, and microorganisms. In this...
Date Tuesday, February 28, 2006
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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