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Philip Bucksbaum Elected to American Physical Society Leadership Position
Following the 2017 American Physical Society (APS) general election, Philip Bucksbaum will be vice president of APS in 2018 – an election that places him in the presidential line. He will become president-elect in 2019 and president in 2020.
Scientists Get First Direct Look at How Electrons ‘Dance’ with Vibrating Atoms
Extraordinarily precise measurements -- within millionths of a billionth of a second and a billionth of a hair's breadth -- show this ‘electron-phonon coupling’ can be far stronger than predicted, and could potentially play a role in unconventional superconductivity.
Discovery Could Lead to Sustainable Ethanol Made from Carbon Dioxide
A recent discovery by scientists from the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis could lead to a new, more sustainable way to make ethanol without corn or other crops.
New Research Finds a Missing Piece to High-Temperature Superconductor Mystery
Propagating “charge density wave” fluctuations are seen in superconducting copper oxides for the first time.
Femtosecond Week Chat with the Director of SLAC's X-ray Laser
Mike Dunne answers questions about ultrafast science.
Beyond Femtoseconds
Researchers at SLAC are already looking at the largely unexplored realm of attosecond science.
What Can You Study In Femtoseconds? Materials
Aaron Lindenberg, associate professor at Stanford and SLAC, talks about how he combines X-ray and electron techniques to understand and engineer novel materials.
New Ultrafast Science Fact Sheet
Our ultrafast science factsheet gives an overview of the femtosecond world.
What Can You Study In Femtoseconds? High Energy Density Science
Read about how SLAC professor Siegfried Glenzer creates extreme conditions like those in the cores of planets and studies nuclear fusion.
Virtual Tours of LCLS
Take a digital tour of the undulators and near experimental hall at the Linac Coherent Light Source.
