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News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Progress in plasma wakefield acceleration for positrons

Three new studies show the promise and challenge of using plasma wakefield acceleration to build a future electron-positron collider.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The 3-ton ruler

A specialized measuring machine at SLAC is helping scientists build precise detectors for the ATLAS experiment.

Measuring machine

In a first, researchers measure extremely small and fast changes that occur in plasma when it’s zapped with a laser. Their technique will have applications in astrophysics, medicine and fusion energy.

LCLS Plasma Expansion

The annual conference for scientists who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources engaged about 470 researchers in talks, workshops and discussions.

2018 Users Conference

Representatives from industry, national laboratories and the investment sector explored partnerships in energy storage innovation.

Photo: Paul Dabbar at the XLab Summit at SLAC

SLAC receives three awards for the development of quantum technology for dark matter searches and quantum computing

Quantum Information Science
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Dark matter vibes

New technology could help future SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment expand the search for light dark matter particles

SuperCDMS Prototype Crystal
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

First particle tracks seen at ProtoDUNE

SLAC researchers play an important role in the data acquisition of the largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world, a prototype for the future Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

ProtoDUNE Tracks

Experiments at SLAC and Berkeley Lab uproot long-held assumptions and will inform future battery design.

Lithium ion infographic

The early-career award honors a promising leader in X-ray free-electron laser research.

SLAC's Tais Gorkhover

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