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The Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, takes X-ray snapshots of atoms and molecules at work, revealing fundamental processes in materials, technology and living things.

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Researchers across the lab are developing AI tools to harness data and particle beams in real time and make molecular movies, speeding up the...

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Scientists worldwide who conduct research at SLAC’s light sources shine light on latest discoveries and innovations in talks, workshops and discussions.

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The SLAC professor was elected to the American Physical Society in recognition of his research on ultrafast X-ray methods.

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SLAC is leading an effort to build a network that will enable AI and machine learning to steer experiments and more.

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This research advances our understanding of Earth's deep interior and exoplanets, opening new research avenues in Earth and planetary sciences.

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The high-energy upgrade will keep the U.S. at the forefront of X-ray science and technology, allowing researchers to advance fields such as sustainability, human...

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Digital design engineer Abhilasha Dave’s passion for connecting machine learning and hardware is helping SLAC solve big data challenges.

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David Cesar, Julia Gonski and W.L. Kimmy Wu will each receive $2.75 million issued over five years for their research in X-ray and ultrafast...

Early Career Award Winners 2024
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The Center for Energy Efficient Magnonics (CEEMag) brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers from SLAC and seven universities

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The results, which show how the protein adds nucleotides to the growing RNA chain, could lead to more effective medications.

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Their method provides a new tool to study electron-electron interactions, which are fundamental to many technologies, including semiconductors and solar cells.

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Scientists uncovered new information about the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago. 
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