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Public Lectures

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  For a decade, SLAC has been...
Date Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
SLAC  Lecture | Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers
News Release

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory installs LSST Camera on telescope

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

March 12, 2025  ·  8 min read
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News Brief
VIA Stanford

Alberto Salleo named deputy director for science and technology at SLAC

The role focuses on identifying and realizing opportunities and strengthening the coordination and execution of science and technology initiatives.

March 13, 2025
Alberto Salleo

Alberto Salleo

Chief Research Officer and Deputy Director for Science & Technology
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News Brief

Cutting-edge experiments reveal ‘hidden’ details in transforming material

Using an advanced technique at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, researchers make surprising discoveries.

March 20, 2025  ·  5 min read
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Feature

SLAC celebrates 20th anniversary hosting Regional Science Bowl

The winning teams from Fusion Academy and Joaquin Miller Middle School will continue on to nationals.

March 24, 2025  ·  5 min read
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News Brief
VIA Stanford

Alberto Salleo is named a AAAS Fellow

SLAC's   deputy director for science and technology joins three others Stanford faculty as new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...

March 27, 2025
Alberto Salleo
News Brief

Resolving a key to enterovirus infection

Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. That could help the search for vaccines and treatments. 

April 2, 2025  ·  3 min read
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News Brief

Longstanding model fails to explain spin dynamics in 1D cuprates

The Hubbard Model was unable to predict electron dynamics in a simplified, one-dimensional cuprate system, hinting at an additional attractive force. 

April 9, 2025  ·  5 min read
Illustration of ultrastrong attraction between electrons in neighboring atoms within a 1D cuprate chain
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

A new side to dark energy steps into the light

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

April 8, 2025
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Feature

Preparing for the greatest cosmic movie ever made

Now that NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera has been installed, what’s next?

April 11, 2025  ·  7 min read
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Past Event
SLAC on Tap

The Fundamental Universe, Looking for Zebras, and the World’s Largest Demolition Derby

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), protons collide at nearly the speed of light, unleashing a particle party that might reveal secrets beyond our...
Date Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Julia Gonski
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