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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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Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

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Paul Fuoss, the new head of experimental design at LCLS, aims to make experiments at light sources here and around the world more productive...

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Researchers at SLAC are already looking at the largely unexplored realm of attosecond science.

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Aaron Lindenberg, associate professor at Stanford and SLAC, talks about how he combines X-ray and electron techniques to understand and engineer novel materials.

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Read about how SLAC professor Siegfried Glenzer creates extreme conditions like those in the cores of planets and studies nuclear fusion.

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Take a digital tour of the undulators and near experimental hall at the Linac Coherent Light Source.

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PULSE scientist Amy Cordones-Hahn describes her work on chemical reactions that turn sunlight into useable energy.

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Explore the fourth dimension, from processes that occur in billions of years down to tiny slivers of a second.

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Learn about X-ray detectors from Gabriella Cabrini, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source.

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Accelerator physicist Agostino Marinelli discusses how SLAC's X-ray laser makes femtosecond light.

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Ryan Coffee, scientist at the Linac Coherent Light Source, explains in a video interview.

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Physicist Phil Bucksbaum gives a brief introduction to Femtosecond Week at SLAC.

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SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.