In a few short months, the Linac Coherent Light Source will start operation as the world's first hard X-ray free electron laser, pushing SLAC to the frontier of photon science. Using SLAC's linac to drive the laser, the LCLS will generate X-rays an eye-popping 10 billion times brighter than the current cutting-edge technology.
Exploring SLAC Science Slide Show : SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
What Happened to Antimatter?
The Big Bang created an equal number of particles and antiparticles. But we don't ever come into contact with antiparticles, and scientists don’t see any out there in the universe.
What is dark matter and why are we looking for it? Dark matter is a vital ingredient in the cosmos, five times more abundant than ordinary matter. But we couldn't detect it—until now.
What if it were possible to build a particle accelerator to explore energies beyond even that of the proposed 30 kilometer International Linear Collider—at a fraction of the size, power consumption and cost?
SLAC's two major X-ray user facilities support a variety of protein studies with applications in medicine, environmental, ecological and basic life sciences.
Water, by any measure, is strange stuff. It behaves unlike any other liquid. But despite its prevalence and importance, liquid water's molecular structure has been the subject of intense debate for decades.
Hydrogen—the most plentiful element in the universe—could play a role in meeting the world's demand for energy while reducing our dependence on carbon-based fuels.
Arsenic contamination of underground water supplies is a major problem around the world. Studies of how different forms of arsenic deposit in the ground at different depths and move through the water system…
What Happened to Antimatter?
Dark Matter: Measuring the Invisible
Plasma-Wakefield Acceleration
The Molecules of Life
Understanding Water
Fueling the Future
Lowering the Risk of Arsenic Poisoning