Nathan Collins

Managing Editor & News Center Lead

Nathan runs the news center for SLAC, which he joined in 2020 after three years at the Stanford News Service. Before that, he spent two and a half years at Pacific Standard covering social science, climate change and a host of other topics every weekday. He holds degrees in physics from the University of Washington and MIT and a PhD in political science from Stanford.

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News Feature

Tanner works on self-assembling nanocrystals, which could be the basis for less expensive, easier to build displays and solar cells.

News Brief

Wheat and other sources of gluten can spell trouble for people with the disease, but new findings could aid the development of first-ever drugs...

Press Release

Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other...

News Feature

The future of experimental particle physics is exciting – and energy intensive. SLAC physicists are thinking about how to make one proposal, the Cool...