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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Giant Magnet to Map Melted Matter

A 20-ton superconducting magnet has completed its journey from California to New York.

May 1, 2015
Photo of BaBar magnet arrives
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Compact Light Source Improves CT Scans

A commercial X-ray source with roots in SLAC research enables multi-mode computer tomography scans that outperform routine scans in hospitals. The technique could potentially...

May 5, 2015  ·  4 min read
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Public Lecture

Pictures of Other Worlds: Exploring the Atmospheres of Exoplanets

In less than two decades, scientists have discovered more than a thousand planets orbiting other stars. Now we know that our solar system is...
Date Tuesday, May 19, 2015
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Kavli Auditorium
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

The US and CERN Upgrade their Relationship

A new agreement paves the way for joint projects between the United States and CERN.

May 7, 2015
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SLAC Researcher Receives DOE 'Early Career' Grant to Support X-ray Optics and Imaging

Anne Sakdinawat, a SLAC scientist, has been selected to receive a grant to advance her work in producing and using new types of X-ray...

May 8, 2015  ·  2 min read
Image - Anne Sakdinawat (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Construction of LSST Clean Room at SLAC Completed

SLAC scientists and engineers celebrated the completion of a new clean room, where the lab will assemble the camera of the future Large Synoptic...

May 12, 2015  ·  3 min read
LSST Clean room
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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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Researchers Watch Protein 'Quake' after Chemical Bond Break

An experiment at SLAC’s X-ray laser provides new insight into the ultrafast motions of a muscle protein in a basic biochemical reaction.

May 21, 2015  ·  3 min read
Computerized rendering of 3-D structure of myoglobin. The jagged green line represents a pulse of la
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Achieves Record-Energy Collisions

The Large Hadron Collider broke its own record again in 13-trillion-electronvolt test collisions.

May 21, 2015
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

A Goldmine of Scientific Research

The underground home of the LUX dark matter experiment has a rich scientific history.

May 26, 2015
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Spiraling Laser Pulses Could Change the Nature of Graphene

Results from SIMES theorists pave the way for experiments that create and control new forms of matter with light.

May 27, 2015  ·  4 min read
Depiction of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern to form graphene
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New 'Designer Carbon' Boosts Battery Performance

SLAC and the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis supported creation of a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries...

May 29, 2015
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