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Testing, testing, testing: How SLAC researchers make sure the LSST Camera is the best it can be

Three SLAC scientists explain what they do to ensure the world's largest digital camera for astronomy is ready for the big time.
29-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Dinosaur feathers contain traces of ancient proteins, study finds

Powerful X-rays generated at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory help researchers shed new light on feather evolution.
22-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science

The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up...
14-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Jim Sebek wins 2023 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron problem solving and dedication

Jim Sebek, an electrical engineer and physicist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will receive this year’s Farrel W. Lytle Award for countless...
15-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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‘Computer vision’ reveals unprecedented physical and chemical details of how a lithium-ion battery works

Looking at X-ray movies with computer vision gives researchers an incredible new view of how nanoparticles in a lithium-ion battery electrode work during charging and discharging.
13-Sep-2023 11:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

DOE awards a SLAC-led research team $12 million to help improve response time to dangerous pathogens

Researchers with the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and other institutions have been awarded $12 million in funding to help accelerate society’s response to emerging pathogens by improving X-ray science technology...
7-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Angel Garcia-Esparza wins 2023 Spicer Young Investigator Award for studying catalysts in action

Angel Garcia-Esparza wins 2023 Spicer Young Investigator Award for studying catalysts in action. The award is part of SLAC SSRL's annual users' meeting in September.
17-Aug-2023 4:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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SLAC researchers take important step toward developing cavity-based X-ray laser technology

Researchers used diamond mirrors to guide X-ray laser pulses around a rectangular racetrack inside a vacuum chamber. It’s an important step toward developing cavity-based X-ray free-electron lasers, or CBXFELs, to make X-ray laser pulses brighter...
15-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory study some of the most fundamental questions about our universe: What are the properties of elementary particles? What drives the expansion of the universe? But the...
7-Mar-2022 12:35 PM EST

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SLAC’s Panofsky fellows talk about what makes their research so exciting

Among the many scientists who push the frontiers of knowledge at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Panofsky fellows stand out.
3-Jun-2021 1:20 PM EDT

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A day in the life of an X-ray laser coach

SLAC scientist Siqi Li works on new methods to allow researchers using LCLS, our X-ray laser, to observe the motion of electrons or do high-resolution imaging. When she’s not working to create more efficient and advanced X-ray lasers, Li likes to...
29-Jan-2020 6:25 PM EST

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Q&A: SLAC Theorist Lance Dixon Explains Quantum Gravity

In this Q&A, Particle Physics and Astrophysics Professor Lance Dixon of Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains one approach to developing such a theory, called quantum gravity.
18-Nov-2015 12:05 PM EST

SLAC Researchers to Present at AAAS 2015

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory researchers will share the latest discoveries and innovations in a wide range of fields at this year’s AAAS Annual Meeting (Feb. 12-16 in San Jose, Calif.), including X-ray lasers, quantum materials, citizen...
10-Feb-2015 6:40 PM EST

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