The observatory's practice camera has captured its first on-sky data.

For nearly 50 years, Hodgson has illuminated the synchrotron radiation community through his pioneering research, innovations, leadership, advocacy and mentorship at the Stanford Synchrotron...

Harnessing nuclear fusion would bring the clean, unlimited energy of the stars to Earth.

SLAC’s SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish.

An associate scientist at SSRL, Richardson studies plant growth to find ways to enhance nutrient uptake in plants, especially in challenging conditions – such...

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

In 1974, the independent discovery of the J/psi particle at SLAC and Brookhaven National Laboratory rocked the physics world, and entire textbooks had to...

AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs.

SLAC partners with five national labs and eight universities seeking to increase the supply diversity of EV batteries and relieve supply chain concerns.

SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.

A SLAC study shows a process called atomic relaxation offers a new way to explore quantum states in these puzzling materials.