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Symmetry: The 12 Days of Physicsmas
Add some science to your holiday carols.
Symmetry: Machine Evolution
Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.
Symmetry: LHC Data: How It’s Made
In the Large Hadron Collider, protons become new particles, which become energy and light, which become data.
SLAC’s Helen Quinn Honored with 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
The prestigious award recognizes her seminal contributions to particle physics.
Scientists Narrow Down the Search for Dark Photons Using Decade-Old Particle Collider Data
Analysis of data from the BaBar experiment rules out theorized particle’s explanation for muon mystery.
Symmetry: Something Borrowed
SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.
Symmetry: An International Celebration of Dark Matter
Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.
Symmetry: What is a Cross Section?
Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way.
SLAC Accelerator Physicist Alexander Chao Wins American Physical Society’s Wilson Prize
He is recognized for his numerous contributions to the advancement of accelerator physics, community service and education.
Symmetry: A Play in Parallel Universes
Constellations illustrates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics—with a love story.
