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Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture the faint light of distant brown dwarfs to help scientists understand the Milky Way’s formation and evolution.

Brown spots surround a spiral galaxy.

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Watch this video for a simple explanation of what a synchrotron is and why there are 60 around the world today.

video still frame of synchrotron explainer

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Christopher J. Tassone, PhD provides an overview of the research that SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory performed as part of the Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep...

SLAC scientist Christopher J. Tassone

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Scientists have developed an AI-based method that helps gather data more efficiently in the search for new materials, allowing researchers...

self driving experiments

Past Event

The Bay Area Research SLAM is a collaboration between the Bay Area's National Labs: Berkeley, Livermore, Sandia, and SLAC. The SLAM is a competition...

Bay Area Research SLAM flyer

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Cryoplant building alongside the linac at sunrise

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Scientists demonstrated a materials characterization technique can be successful at a new type of facility, and they used it at LCLS to discover a...

A small bright ball falls on a purple grid, creating a wave.

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Public lecture presented by Chelsea Bartram

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By the numbers

What is SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory? The numbers tell the tale.

Where research happens

SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...

Focal plane of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera.

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After more than a decade, LCLS was upgraded to generate even more powerful X-ray laser beams. With the LCLS-II upgrade, LCLS is around 10,000...

The creation of the world's brightest X-ray

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Lecture presented by Yi Cui