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Noted Dark Matter Experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt Join SLAC Faculty
Symmetry: Getting the Jump on Big Data for LSST
Efforts are already underway to ensure that the data the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope collects will be ready to be mined for scientific gold.
Symmetry: Massive Neutrino Detector Moved into Place
The 30-ton MicroBooNE detector, the cornerstone of Fermilab’s short-baseline neutrino program, will see neutrinos this year.
Symmetry: Computing Power for All
The Open Science Grid enables faster, more efficient analysis of LHC data—and also contributes to advancements in fields from geology to medicine.
Symmetry: Higgs Boson Shows Scientists New Tricks
A new result from the Large Hadron Collider strengthens the case that the Higgs interacts with both types of particles in the Standard Model.
Symmetry: The Art of Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations
Students estimate their way through pop culture problems to learn a life skill.
SLAC Contributes Cutting-edge Sensor Design to ATLAS Upgrade
Scientists Search for Exotic Decay with Straightforward Implications
Black Hole ‘Batteries’ Keep Blazars Going and Going
Symmetry: Beam On: My Father’s Fight with Cancer
After working with particle accelerators his entire professional career, Heather Rock Woods’ father placed himself in the path of a beam to fight cancer.
