Aside from shining a billion times brighter than prior technology, SLAC National Laboratory’s newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS-II) heralds trailblazing research capabilities that could ...
Scientists are preparing to unleash an extraordinarily powerful X-ray beam that will help reveal how the universe works at the tiniest scales. The beam is made possible thanks to an upgrade to the ...
(Phys.org) —Scientists at SLAC have found a new method to create coherent beams of twisted light – light that spirals around a central axis as it travels. It has the potential to generate twisted ...
A particle accelerator's $1 billion upgrade could lead to improvements in electronic gear. Also in SLAC's sights: better batteries and cancer treatments. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...
A two-mile-long scientific building in California is considered the world's longest and takes around 40 minutes to walk from ...
Four scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will receive Early Career Research Program awards for research that's developing new ways to study fundamental ...
Particle accelerators generate high-energy beams of electrons, protons and ions for a wide range of applications, including particle colliders that shed light on nature's subatomic components, X-ray ...
Two videos now available digitally in high fidelity tell the story of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s inception and construction. A pair of 1964 films detailing the construction of Stanford ...
Crews cooled a tunnel housing a particle accelerator to negative 456 degrees Fahrenheit — a temperature cooler than much of space — on April 15. Part of an upgrade project to Linac Coherent Light ...
The late artist June Schwarcz found inspiration in some unusual wrapping paper her husband brought home from the lab. Leroy Schwarcz, one of the first engineers hired to build SLAC National ...
The Gaslight Zone invites audiences to bring their favorite food and beverages and gather for an evening of irreverent fun, ...