Topic: X-ray science | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...

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By detecting minute traces of original pigments in fossils, X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual...

X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual colors of ancient life forms.

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The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step...

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Undulator Hall with soft X-ray undulators to the left and hard-X-ray undulators to the right.

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SLAC is a world leader in X-ray and ultrafast science. We make our X-ray laser and synchrotron facilities available to researchers from around the...

Person standing in the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Undulator Hall

News Brief

The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

A three-dimensional structure of the soil virus AMG product, an enzyme known as a chitosanase.

News Brief

Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials...

Fan wins this year's Klein award from SSRL.

News Release

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

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This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.

News Release

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

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En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.

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A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.

Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium

Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray flash.

By detecting minute traces of original pigments in fossils, X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual colors of ancient life forms.

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.

Undulator Hall with soft X-ray undulators to the left and hard-X-ray undulators to the right.

SLAC is a world leader in X-ray and ultrafast science. We make our X-ray laser and synchrotron facilities available to researchers from around the world.

The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.

Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials flow in and out of cells.

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.

X-ray science

XLEAP illustration

Colors of ancient life forms

Chemical reaction

Undulator hall

Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Undulator Hall

Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

Cross section of cryomodule

XLEAP illustration

Colors of ancient life forms

Chemical reaction

Undulator hall

Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Undulator Hall

Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time

Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

SARS-CoV-2 protein

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

Cross section of cryomodule