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Researchers Make Key Gains in Unlocking the Promise of Compact X-ray Free-Electron Lasers

Three researchers in lab coats and hairnets working on a complex machine with wires and equipment, wearing protective orange-tinted glasses.

The Accelerator Behind the Scenes of Essential Tech

A person adjusts a setting at a console with multiple panels of knobs, switches, and screens.

The Technologies Fueling the Future of Fusion

Two researchers examine a cylindrical component mounted in a testing rig on a workbench in a lab filled with equipment and tools.

Expert Interview: Cameron Geddes on Fusion Energy

Cameron Geddes speaking behind podium

Machine Learning Helps Ease the Jitters of High-Power Lasers

Three researchers align precision optics to prepare the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Petawatt laser for laser-plasma accelerator experiments.

Expert Interview: Dimitri Argyriou on Seeing Things More Clearly, in the Right Light

Dimitri Argyriou posed in front of the Advanced Light Source

Expert Interview: Marc Allaire on Breakthrough Medical Discoveries at the ALS

A man in a blue shirt stands smiling next to a metallic instrument with many separate components connected by tubes and wires.

Expert Interview: Ethan Crumlin on Advancing Energy Materials at the ALS

A researcher posed next to a scientific beamline.

Bringing Discoveries to Light: Six Ways the Advanced Light Source Is Accelerating Technology Breakthroughs for Society

The Advanced Light Source dome as seen from an aerial drone at sunset looking towards the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge.

Expert Interview: Bruno La Fontaine on Chip Manufacturing Advances at the ALS

Bruno La Fontaine, Director of the Center for X-ray Optics (CXRO), speaks on how the CXRO supports the microchip industry.

From Sequence to Structure: A Fast Track for RNA Modeling

Two 3D renderings of a RNA molecule with a twisted ribbon-like backbone with multicolored bars protruding. The image on top has a blue backbone, the image below is pink, and also includes purple balls placed at certain points of the backbone.

Milestone 10-GeV Experiment Shines Light on Laser-Plasma Interactions

Four members of the BELLA team in an office sitting in chairs around the new gas injector system.