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January 23, 2019
News Feature
Remastered 1964 films show origins of SLAC
“The Worlds Within” and “Fabrication of the Accelerator Structure,” now available digitally in high fidelity, tell the story of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s inception and construction.
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June 11, 2018
News Feature
Perspectives on 10 Years of Discovery With Fermi
By capturing the most energetic light in the sky, the spacecraft continues to teach us about the mysteries of the universe.
Fermi scientists Michelson, Atwood and Ritz
May 1, 2018
News Feature
Symmetry: SLAC’s Archivist Closes a Chapter
Approaching retirement, Jean Deken describes what it’s like to preserve decades of collective scientific memory at a national lab.
April 23, 2018
News Feature
A SLAC Legend Gives the Lab His Lifetime Collection of Precious Foils
The foils, each made from a single chemical element, are used to calibrate X-ray equipment at SLAC’s SSRL synchrotron, and were donated by long-time user, Farrel Lytle.
Photo - thin metal foils
March 14, 2018
News Feature
Q&A: Al Ashley Reflects on His Efforts to Diversify SLAC and Beyond
An award-winning mentor and networking guru, Al Ashley has placed thousands of underrepresented minority students in science and engineering summer research programs.
Al Ashley with internship program fellows
February 22, 2018
News Feature
Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Richard Taylor Dies at 88
One of the pioneering particle physicists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Taylor carried out experiments that led to the 1990
February 5, 2018
News Feature
SLAC Celebrates Legacy of Theoretical Physicist Sidney Drell
Nearly 200 guests attended a symposium on fundamental physics to celebrate the former deputy director’s numerous scientific contributions, which continue to have a tremendous impact on our understanding of the subatomic world.
Sid Drell Symposium January 2018
May 10, 2017
News Feature
Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument
Sensitive gamma-ray “eye” on NASA’s Fermi space telescope continues to provide unprecedented views of violent phenomena in the cosmos.
Fermi in Space
February 14, 2017
News Feature
H. Pierre Noyes, Theoretical Physicist, Dies at 92
H. Pierre Noyes, the first director of SLAC's Theory Group, died in Stanford on Sept. 30, 2016, at age 92. Noyes, a theoretical physicist, leaves behind a legacy of distinctive academic work and activism.
photo - pierre noyes
February 3, 2017
News Feature
SLAC Throwback: The Fossil That Was the Lab’s First Discovery
An ancient surprise surfaced in 1964 during construction of the 2-mile linear accelerator.

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