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LCLS-II will be a transformative tool for energy science, qualitatively changing the way that X-ray imaging, scattering and spectroscopy can be used to study how natural and artificial systems function. It will produce X-ray pulses that are 10,000 times brighter, on average, than those of LCLS and that arrive up to a million times per second.

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Illustration of SLAC's cryoplant refrigerator.

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Two recently funded computing projects work toward developing cutting-edge scientific applications for future exascale supercomputers that can perform at least a billion billion computing...

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The event drew more than 400 participants, with workshops and presentations focusing on collaborations and new technology at SLAC’s light sources.

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Understanding how a material’s electrons interact with vibrations of its nuclear lattice could help design and control novel materials, from solar cells to high-temperature...

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The scientists develop methods to study neutrinos from star explosions and search for unknown particles and forces with possible ties to dark matter.

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The mirrors only differ by one atom in flatness, from end to end.

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A new device at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allows researchers to explore the properties and dynamics of molecules with circularly...

Electrons spiral through the Delta undulator.
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Finding ways to handle torrents of data from LSST and LCLS-II will also advance “exascale” computing.

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Taken at SLAC, microscopic footage of exploding liquids will give researchers more control over experiments at X-ray lasers.

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The lab’s signature particle highway prepares to enter another era of transformative science as the home of the LCLS-II X-ray laser.

SLAC linear accelerator building at sunset
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Using data from the world’s most powerful X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, an international team of scientists has...

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Upgrade will sharpen our view of nature’s atomic processes at work, aiding the development of a number of transformative technologies.

Illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity.
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President Obama honored a SLAC and UCLA scientist for work that paved the way for the brightest sources of X-ray light on the planet.

Image - Claudio Pellegrini, right, talks with President Obama in the Oval Office on Tuesday. (Pete Souza/Official White House Photo)