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He helped lay the groundwork for SLAC’s LCLS X-ray laser and for the institute, which was founded to explore the science LCLS would enable.

David Reis headshot

SLAC researchers say their new method could make it easier to study interactions of ultrabright X-rays with matter

Ghost imaging illustration

Researchers will use SLAC’s X-ray light source to probe 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils at the atomic level.

Jurassic Mile

Combination of research methods reveals causes of capacity fading, giving scientists better insight to design advanced batteries for electric vehicles

Cathode degradation
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The potential of plasma wakefield acceleration

Scientists around the world are testing ways to further boost the power of particle accelerators while drastically shrinking their size.

Scientists around the world are testing ways to further boost the power of particle accelerators while drastically shrinking their size.

Researchers used a unique approach to learn more about what happens to silicon under intense pressure.

silicon waves

X-ray laser snapshots give scientists a new tool for probing trillionths-of-a-second atomic motions in 2-D materials

Experimental station at SLAC's LCLS X-ray laser where the study was done
News Feature · VIA SLAC Flickr

Imaging sensors installed in LSST ComCam

The LSST camera integration and testing team inserted a raft of nine imaging sensors into the body of the ComCam. This miniature version of the LSST camera will be used for telescope commissioning. Check out photos of this and other...

News Feature · VIA Stanford News

SLAC-Stanford partnership lauded

SLAC Director Chi-Chang Kao spoke to the Stanford University Faculty Senate at its Feb. 21 meeting.

Chi-Chang Kao at Stanford Faculty Senate meeting

A better understanding of these systems will aid in developing next-generation energy technologies.

synchronized molecules

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