This illustration shows atoms forming a tentative bond, a moment captured for the first time in experiments with an X-ray laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Learn more about SLAC, one of the tour sites for the 2016 Quadrennial Physics Congress, in “Atom Smasher Doesn’t SLAC Off.” Image courtesy of SLAC.
Special Feature—Science Driving Innovation: Introducing the theme of the 2016 Quadrennial Physics Congress, including: “Inside Google X,” “Atom Smasher Doesn’t SLAC Off,” “Rethinking Physics Education,” and “Innovation through the Ages.”
