Visitors of all ages shared a science-packed evening of activities.

Chemist Ben Ofori-Okai investigates what happens to matter under extreme conditions at microscopic scales to better understand its behavior at massive scales, such as what happens in the Earth’s core.

Early-career physicist Jonathan LeyVa helps build one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter detectors.

The SLAC scientists will each receive $2.5 million for their research on fusion energy and advanced radiofrequency technology.

Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.

Physicist Tor Raubenheimer explores the world by climbing rocks and designing particle accelerators.

For mechanical engineer Sarah Edwards, SSRL is the ultimate classic car.

In SLAC’s accelerator control room, shift lead Ben Ripman and a team of operators fine-tune X-ray beams for science experiments around the clock.

He helped lay the groundwork for SLAC’s LCLS X-ray laser and for the institute, which was founded to explore the science LCLS would enable.

The SIMES researcher was a rare theorist who concerned himself with the implications of his abstract ideas about new quantum states of matter on experiments and future technologies.

The early-career award honors a promising leader in X-ray free-electron laser research.

Using SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron SSRL, Cao improves fundamental knowledge about how a new lithium-ion battery material works, which will help enable safer, longer-lasting devices.