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The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment, led by SLAC, has successfully cooled its detector array to its target operational temperature of roughly 15 milliKelvin. This milestone enables the cryogenic germanium detectors to function at the sensitivity required for low‑mass dark‑matter searches. The achievement follows years of engineering work by a consortium that includes SLAC, MIT, and several international labs. With the temperature goal met, the experiment is poised to begin its first physics data run underground.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a coordinated push to embed artificial intelligence across its national laboratories, earmarking roughly $2 billion for AI research and development. Key facilities such as Oak Ridge, Argonne, and SLAC will integrate AI with high‑performance computing...
Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has unveiled a new real‑time alert system that monitors rapid changes in the upper atmosphere and space‑weather conditions. The platform integrates data from ground‑based telescopes, satellite sensors, and machine‑learning models to issue warnings within seconds...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) has begun issuing roughly 800,000 alerts each night to astronomers worldwide. An automated paging system routes these alerts in real time, flagging transient phenomena such as supernovae, asteroid...
Researchers at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source used ultra‑bright X‑ray pulses to capture the sharpest images yet of a laser‑driven fusion plasma that went unstable. The snapshots, taken with sub‑micron spatial resolution and 10‑femtosecond timing, revealed filamentary structures and turbulence...
The Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS‑II) at SLAC has begun delivering femtosecond X‑ray pulses that enable scientists to film atomic‑scale motions in real time. Using a newly installed high‑speed detector array, researchers captured molecular vibrations and electron dynamics previously...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s three flagship light‑source labs—Advanced Light Source (ALS), Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)—will convene for their first joint users’ meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from September 20 to 25,...
