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To address challenges associated with extremely large data volumes and rates, SLAC’s Computer science division works with Stanford and Silicon Valley partners on innovative computational solutions.

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SRCF-II construction

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Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.

Maria Elena Monzani at the LZ test facility
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Monika Schleier-Smith and Kent Irwin explain how their projects in quantum information science could help us better understand black holes and dark matter.

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

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

Quantum Information Science
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Researchers from SLAC and around the world increasingly use machine learning to handle Big Data produced in modern experiments and to study some of...

Machine Learning in HEP
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An artist’s depiction of a tiny pore in the crystalline shell of an ammonia-eating archaea microbe; surrounding proteins are shown...
Artist's depiction of a tiny pore in an archaea's crystalline shell
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Tiny pores in the shells of archaea microbes attract ammonium ions that are their sole source of energy, allowing them to thrive where this...

Artist's depiction of a tiny pore in an archaea's crystalline shell
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As members of the lab’s Computer Science Division, they develop the tools needed to handle ginormous data volumes produced by the next generation of...

SLAC Computer Science Team
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More than 100 students worked on projects ranging from website development to imaging techniques for X-ray studies, learning new ways to apply their talents.

SSRL interns Sabine Hollatz, left, and Anastasiia Makhniaieva, right
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The research team was able to watch energy from light flow through atomic ripples in a molecule. Such insights may provide new ways to...

View of the The X-ray Pump Probe instrument at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Supernova

Using Twinkles, the new simulation of images of our night sky, scientists get ready for a gigantic cosmological survey unlike any before.

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Deep Learning Takes on Physics

Can the same type of technology Facebook uses to recognize faces also recognize particles?