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Symmetry: What Can Particles Tell Us About the Cosmos?
The minuscule and the immense can reveal quite a bit about each other.
SLAC’s Blair Ratcliff Wins American Physical Society’s Instrumentation Award
Symmetry: Expanding the Search for Dark Matter
At a recent meeting, scientists shared ideas for searching for dark matter on the (relative) cheap.
Video: Dark Matter Hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are on a quest to solve one of physics’ biggest mysteries: What exactly is dark matter – the invisible substance that accounts for 85 percent of all the matter in the universe but can’t be seen even with our most advanced scientific instruments?
Symmetry: A New Search for Dark Matter 6,800 Feet Underground
Construction of Massive Neutrino Experiment Kicks Off a Mile Underground
Experiment Finds Evidence for a Particle That’s Its Own Antiparticle
Symmetry: SLAC Accelerator Plans Appear in Smithsonian Art Exhibit
The late artist June Schwarcz found inspiration in some unusual wrapping paper her husband brought home from the lab.
Symmetry: What’s Really Happening During an LHC Collision?
It’s less of a collision and more of a symphony.
Symmetry: The Rise of LIGO’s Space-Studying Super-Team
The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.
