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SLAC fundamental physics researchers study everything from elementary particles produced in accelerators to the large-scale structure of the universe. 

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What is Dark Energy

Dark energy is everywhere. It will determine the fate of our universe. And we still have no idea what it is.

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When it comes to studying particles that zip through matter as though it weren’t even there, you use every method you can think of.

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Exploring Dark Energy with Robots

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will produce a 3-D space map using a ‘hive’ of robots. 

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Seeing in Gamma Rays

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope creates maps of the gamma-ray sky.

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A batch of newly discovered satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way should help scientists better grasp the evolution of the universe while also...

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SLAC has led the development and implementation of a variety of upgrades to the ATLAS experiment to match the increased discovery potential of an...

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Mathematician to Know: Emmy Noether

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

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Making the Portable Gamma Camera

The end of the Cold War and the cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider led to the creation of a life-saving medical device.

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OPERA Catches Fifth Tau Neutrino

The OPERA experiment’s study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of “discovery.”

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The fellowship will support their research on new capabilities for the lab's X-ray free-electron lasers and new telescope technology to look for signs of...

Zeeshan Ahmed and Agostino Marinelli, SLAC's 2015 Panofsky Fellows
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Masanori Yamauchi started his three-year term as head of Japan’s major center of particle physics research this spring.

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Steady to a Fault

How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth?