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Method creates new opportunities for studies of extremely fast processes in biology, chemistry and materials science.

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A small-scale version of the future detector allows researchers and engineers to test, develop and troubleshoot various aspects of its technology.

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Computer simulations and lab experiments help researchers understand the violent universe and could potentially lead to new technologies that benefit humankind.

Researchers use X-rays to study some of the most extreme and exotic forms of matter ever created, in detail never before possible.
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Dark matter hunters of the LUX collaboration have ruled out a larger-than-ever range of properties that hypothetical dark matter particles might have had.

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Researchers at SLAC are setting up a test stand and liquid xenon purification system for the future LZ experiment, which is scheduled to begin...

illustration of LUX-ZEPLIN chamber
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SLAC’s team of dark matter hunters recently gained a new member.

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X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties. 

X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have made the first structural observations of liquid water at temperatures down to minus...

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Two scientists at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory made key contributions to the discovery of the first direct evidence for cosmic inflation...

Image - The BICEP2 detector shown in this electron-beam micrograph works by converting the light from the cosmic microwave background into heat. A titanium film tuned on its transition to a superconducting state makes a sensitive thermometer.