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 ...

A powerful X-Ray machine at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Menlo Park is giving a special look into some historic documents. With a combination of history, science, technology and liberal arts, ...

Come visit the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (usually called SLAC), on the edge of the Stanford University campus, to learn about the inner workings of its 2-mile-long accelerator, which is ...

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) -- Bay Area scientists have spent two decades developing the world's largest digital camera ever, and the work at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is now complete. The ...

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 ...

After nearly a decade in development, the second iteration of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the DoE's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is nearly ready to start throwing photons ...

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 ...