X-ray light sources and electron imaging

SLAC scientists develop an approach to better guide the preparation of cell slices for cryogenic-electron tomography imaging.

Researchers find evidence of coexisting atomic stacking patterns in superionic water. 

Surfing a plasma wave, electrons get an energy and brightness boost.

With a new method that could be extended to study Earth’s core and nuclear fusion, they identify and explain jumps in the electrical conductivity of aluminum under extreme conditions. 

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC’s X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

Experiments running at these higher pulse rates will allow scientists to capture ultrafast processes with greater precision, collect data more efficiently and explore phenomena that were previously out of reach.

Researchers with the Doudna group used SSRL to uncover how viruses use special enzymes to evade a host's defenses. 

Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets. 

Laser-driven break up of "buckyballs" is recorded in real-time by X-ray imaging at LCLS. 

A new machine learning algorithm rapidly reconstructs 3D images from X-ray data. 

SLAC and Stanford partner with Argonne National Laboratory and others toward a quantum-interconnected world.

After a major upgrade, SLAC's X-ray free-electron laser is 10,000 times brighter and thousands of times faster. Now, researchers are using LCLS to observe electrons in real time as they move across molecules.