{"id":172577,"date":"2023-09-22T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science"},"modified":"2023-09-22T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:22:37","slug":"slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science","title":{"rendered":"SLAC fires up the world\u2019s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/slac-fires-up-the-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-laser-lcls-ii-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-science2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy\u2019s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade, called LCLS-II, creates unparalleled capabilities that will usher in a new era in research with X-rays.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists will be able to examine the details of quantum materials with unprecedented resolution to drive new forms of computing and communications; reveal unpredictable and fleeting chemical events to teach us how to create more sustainable industries and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/clean+energy+technologies\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">clean energy technologies<\/a>; study how <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/biological+molecules\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">biological molecules<\/a> carry out life\u2019s functions to develop new types of pharmaceuticals; and study the world on the fastest timescales to open up entirely new fields of scientific investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy\u2019s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program. The upgrade, called LCLS-II, creates unparalleled capabilities that will usher in a new [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,1523,1617,224,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-chemistry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics","category-science","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}