Engineers who have toiled on the world’s most powerful X-ray laser for over a decade have finally achieved first light with the instrument, meaning that science with the newly energized machine is ...

A new kind of plasma accelerator has cleared a hurdle that has dogged the field for decades, lifting electron energy and beam ...

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...

Did you know one of the longest buildings on the planet is in Menlo Park? And drivers speeding along Interstate 280, near Sand Hill Road, pass mere meters above it? Bay Curious listener Eric Nelson of ...

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 ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (KGO) -- An incredible one-week experience just wrapped up for more than 20 local kids. Each of them got to spend time at one of the most advanced laboratories in the world for a ...

Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's linear accelerator is on, packs of around a billion electrons each travel together at nearly the speed of light through metal piping. These electron ...

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for the official launch of LCLS-II last Thursday. LCLS-II is a world-class laser with potential applications ...

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team loading the LSST Camera on a transport cart for testing in February 2025. Courtesy Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC ...

The SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) National Accelerator Laboratory has announced the completion of the LSST Camera, which is capable of capturing 3,200-megapixel images, and will now be ...