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Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level.

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SLAC Public Lecture: Seeing the Universe through Quantum Eyes
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One-quintillionth of a second lasing breakthrough could lead to next-generation X-ray technologies, improving imaging in medical, material, and quantum science.

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The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric – and quantum – territory. 

A gold beam bounces off an atomic lattice made of red and blue spheres.
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The first measurement of its kind   will enable researchers to evaluate electron dynamics in a new range of super-small particles. 

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

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Scientists have developed an AI-based method that helps gather data more efficiently in the search for new materials, allowing researchers...
self driving experiments
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The method could lead to the development of new materials with tailored properties, with potential applications in fields such as climate change, quantum computing...

self driving experiments
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In a new study, SLAC researchers suggest a small-scale solution could be the key to solving a large-scale mystery.

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With up to a million X-ray flashes per second, 8,000 times more than its predecessor, it transforms the ability of scientists to explore atomic-scale...

LCLS-II first light
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If scaled up successfully, the team's new system could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter.

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Spiraling laser light reveals how topological insulators lose their ability to conduct electric current on their surfaces.

Against a black background, thin, glowing red wires at top impinge on the hexagonal surface of a translucent mass. Small white dots travel along the edges of the surface in two directions. Within the mass, two orange cones meet at their tips.
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Researchers discover they contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that’s common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though...

Artist's illustration shows quantum states called superconductivity and charge density waves atop an atomic lattice of balls and sticks
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Public lecture presented by Cyndia Yu

illustration of universe and human eye
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