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Working at the forefront of particle physics, SLAC scientists use powerful particle accelerators to create and study nature’s fundamental building blocks and forces, build sensitive detectors to search for new particles and develop theories that explain and guide experiments. SLAC's particle physicists want to understand our universe – from its smallest constituents to its largest structures.

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Do Protons Decay?

Is it possible that these fundamental building blocks of atoms have a finite lifetime?

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Where the Higgs Belongs

The Higgs doesn’t quite fit in with the other particles of the Standard Model of particle physics.

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The CMS and ATLAS experiments combined forces to more precisely measure properties of the Higgs boson.

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Looking for Strings Inside Inflation

Theorists from the Institute for Advanced Study have proposed a way forward in the quest to test string theory.

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All About Supernovae

Exploding stars have an immense capacity to destroy—and create.

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The Age of the Universe

How can we figure out when the universe began?

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The Mystery of Particle Generations

Why are there three almost identical copies of each particle of matter?

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Observations of this kind could lead scientists to the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

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One Higgs is the Loneliest Number

Physicists discovered one type of Higgs boson in 2012. Now they’re looking for more.

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Is this the only universe?

Our universe could be just one small piece of a bubbling multiverse.

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A researcher interviewed SLAC and Stanford administrators, scientists and Nobel laureates and sifted through archival materials to better understand the drivers for change in...

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Explore the elementary particles that make up our universe.