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SSRL is a pioneering synchrotron radiation facility known for outstanding science, technological innovation and user support. It provides extremely bright X-rays that scientists use for a wide range of research that probes matter on the scales of atoms and molecules.

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Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets under X-ray Gaze

For five days in May, the ancient collided with the ultra-modern at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), bringing brilliant, long-hidden ideas to light...

June 16, 2005  ·  4 min read
X-ray fluorescence scan revealing both the Euchologion and Archimedes texts on a folio with a forged painting
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Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic

Public lecture presented by Herman Winick

April 27, 2004  ·  01:06:53  runtime
A View Inside SLAC's SPEAR3 Tunnel
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Press Release

Arthur Bienenstock Named Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

The White House has announced the intent to nominate Arthur Bienenstock to the post of Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology...
September 25, 1997