An international team has uncovered details about the formation of DNA's building blocks, paving the way  for potential medical and therapeutic applications.

The ePix10k detector is ready to advance science at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser and at facilities around the world.

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

A new report outlines suggestions for federal investments needed for the next generation of transformative discoveries in particle physics and cosmology, including priority projects...

The process, which also facilitates name changes for religious, marital and other reasons, allows researchers of all genders to own their academic work by...

Charge transfer is highly important in most areas of chemistry, including photosynthesis and other processes in living things. A SLAC X-ray laser study reveals...

Supermassive black holes at the hearts of distant galaxies – and even our own sun – shine in the new movie. 

Researchers have discovered that an Ebola virus protein can transform into three distinct structures with different functions. This rather uncommon property provides new clues...

Researchers have found a new way to probe molecules and atoms with an X-ray laser, setting off cascading bursts of light that reveal precise...

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...

More than 300 gathered for a day-long symposium to celebrate the history and future of the pioneering X-ray laser.

Scientists at SLAC and Stanford show how high-temperature superconductivity emerges out of magnetism in an iron pnictide, a class of materials with great potential...