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The Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, takes X-ray snapshots of atoms and molecules at work, revealing fundamental processes in materials, technology and living things.

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Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
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X-ray vision for aerosol scientists: LCLS snapshots of soot

This short conceptual animation depicts how scientists can now simultaneously capture fractal morphology (structure), chemical composition and nanoscale imagery of individual aerosol particles in...
January 26, 2012  ·  00:02:04  runtime
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Fifth X-ray Instrument at LCLS Debuts, With a Bead on Disorderly Structures

After five night shifts of shooting pairs of X-ray pulses through soups of fine sand and gold, Aymeric Robert was tired but exhilarated. The...

December 13, 2011  ·  5 min read
The team that conducted the first experiment on the X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy instrument at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source
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LCLS-II Passes Key Milestone in DOE Approval Process

The Department of Energy has approved a preliminary budget, schedule and design plans for the LCLS-II project, an expansion of SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light...

November 1, 2011  ·  2 min read
Photo - Perspective shot of underground LCLS UndPerspective shot of underground LCLS Undulator Hall at SLAC
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Giant Virus, Tiny Protein Crystals Show X-ray Laser's Power and Potential

Two studies to be published February 3 in Nature demonstrate how the unique capabilities of the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser—the Linac Coherent...

February 3, 2011  ·  8 min read
Mimivirus X-ray Diffraction Pattern