An all-day symposium recognized the professor emeritus for his many contributions to the scientific community, from pioneering synchrotron radiation research at SSRL to making science policies on Capitol Hill.

The 2015 event attracted 100 Bay Area high school students with San Jose’s Lynbrook High School emerging as the winner.

More than a dozen energy-storage companies have streamlined access to research facilities and expertise at SLAC under a new cooperative R&D agreement with CalCharge.

In this lecture, SLAC’s Ryan Coffee explains how researchers are beginning to use pattern recognition and machine learning to study chemical reactions at the level of atoms and molecules with the LCLS X-ray laser.

Just three days after the San Francisco Giants won the 2014 World Series, SLAC helped transform their home stadium, AT&T Park, into a science paradise.

Science Wonderland at AT&T Park Features Two SLAC Exhibits

Four-day Event Includes Presentations by Nobel Prize Winners, Other Science Luminaries

Annual Award Recognizes Behind-the-scenes Work in Assisting X-ray Experiments

Researchers are using powerful synchrotron-based X-rays to peer inside lithium-ion batteries while they operate. Understanding how batteries function – and what causes them to eventually fail – will help scientists design the next generation of battery technologies.

About 550 visitors from all over the Bay Area came to explore a wide range of the institute’s cosmic research topics.

SLAC hosted 21 teams at the Department of Energy Regional Bay Area Science Bowl on Feb. 8. The winners from Homestead High School will head to Washington, D.C., for the national competition in April.

Teachers are using Google+ to bring their classes behind the scenes at national laboratories and to teach students about careers in STEM.