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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Oct-2025 22:13 ET (20-Oct-2025 02:13 GMT/UTC)

New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks to a sustainable energy transition

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University today announced the launch of a new joint battery center at SLAC. It will bring together the resources and expertise of the national lab, the university and Silicon Valley to accelerate the deployment of batteries and other energy storage solutions as part of the energy transition that’s essential for addressing climate change.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Q&A: How to make computing more sustainable

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC researcher Sadasivan Shankar talks about a new environmental effort starting at the lab – building a roadmap that will help researchers improve the energy efficiency of computing, from devices like cellphones to artificial intelligence.

SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Lance Dixon, professor of particle physics and astrophysics at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, will receive the 2023 Galileo Galilei Medal for his contributions to theoretical physics. The award was announced by the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) on Feb. 15 – the 459th birthday of Galileo.

Chi-Chang Kao to step down as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory director

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Chi-Chang Kao has decided to return to research after serving 10 years as director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He will continue in the lab director role until a replacement is found.

Researchers at SLAC use purified liquid xenon to search for mysterious dark matter particles

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

An enormous vat of pure liquid xenon will help scientists at SLAC and around the globe learn more about the universe.

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

Vintage SLAC accelerator software spreads its wings

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Pioneering software called ACE3P was developed almost a quarter century ago to fine-tune the design of particle accelerators and their components. Now its latest incarnation is being adapted for scientific supercomputing and manufacturing design, thanks to partnerships between two companies and DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A computing facility at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is doubling in size, preparing the lab for new scientific endeavors that promise to revolutionize our understanding of the world from atomic to cosmic scales but also require handling unprecedented data streams.

Funder: Office of Science

SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Nestled 30 feet underground in Menlo Park, California, a half-mile-long stretch of tunnel is now colder than most of the universe. It houses a new superconducting particle accelerator, part of an upgrade project to the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Funder: Office of Science

Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory study some of the most fundamental questions about our universe: What are the properties of elementary particles? What drives the expansion of the universe? But the tools they use can lead to technologies that benefit everyday life.

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