![Photo - tin can and piece of scrap tin sitting on a periodic table of elements with tin "Sn" highlighted](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/Stanene-TinCan.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=9NDelcsq)
![photo - research with self-healing polymer](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/2013-311-2506-SELFHEALING_0.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=J0XIeMPq)
![Journey to the Center of the Earth](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lectures_files/publiclecture_sept2009_lg_1.jpg?h=dc887fc4&itok=tKkwYrfc)
![Accelerator physicist Erik Hemsing next to the NLCTA,...](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/2013-09-18-twisted-light-full.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=6E5GA25d)
![Image - A new binder material forms a fine-grained (top) lithium sulfide/carbon composite cathode, compared with the large clumps (bottom) that form when another common binder is used.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130819-designer-glue-improves-lithium-ion-battery-life-1.jpg?h=fce81013&itok=1l18BeFb)
![Photo - SSRP pilot project beamline inside SPEAR, 07/06/1973. (SLAC Archives)](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/2013-07-08-SPEAR-40-full.jpg?h=09e26447&itok=-1bWPDEl)
![Image - Artistic rendering of elements at atomic level.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130207-superionic-batteries-full.jpeg?h=56a2373c&itok=jcNLOfIk)
One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably, without compromising the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate change. SLAC pursues this goal on many levels.