SLAC develops and deploys some of the world’s most advanced scientific tools for exploring how the universe works at the biggest, smallest and fastest scales. Here we explain how they work and the exciting discoveries they make possible.
The Basics
SLAC science explained
A “hair-raising experiment” dared passersby to touch a Van de Graaff generator, whose strong electric field would make their hair stand up.
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
