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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

DOE National Laboratory

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The race to practical superconductors

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Leading nickelate superconductor research

Scientists just cracked a problem that's plagued superconductor research for decades: how to make these wonder materials work without crushing them under diamond-anvil pressures. In February 2025, teams at SLAC and Stanford stabilized nickelate superconductors at everyday pressure using substrate compression, while University of Houston researchers locked in a superconducting state using a rapid pressure-release technique.

Updated May 19

The Rubin Observatory opens its eye on 20 billion galaxies

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Completed LSST Camera construction

On June 23, 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images. A 3.2-gigapixel camera, the largest ever built for astronomy, captured 10 million galaxies in a single frame. In just 10 hours of test observations, it found 2,104 asteroids nobody knew existed, including seven near-Earth objects; for the next decade, it will photograph the entire Southern Hemisphere sky every three nights.

Updated May 19