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News Feature · VIA SLAC Flickr

Photos: LSST Camera's First Sensor Array Arrives

21 of these "science rafts" will go into the world's largest digital camera for astronomy, which is being assembled and tested at SLAC.

First LSST Science Raft

Research with SLAC’s X-ray laser simulates what happens when a meteor hits Earth’s crust. The results suggest that scientists studying impact sites have been overestimating the sizes of the meteors that made them.

News Feature · VIA Stanford News

Double-Duty Textile Could Warm or Cool

Clothing made from a reversible fabric, developed in part by SIMES researchers, could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable, bringing down buildings’ energy costs.

The prestigious award recognizes her seminal contributions to particle physics.

Helen Quinn

A new way to observe this deformation as it happens can help study a wide range of phenomena, from meteor impacts to high-performance ceramics used in armor, as well as how to protect spacecraft from high-speed dust impacts.

Image depicting an experiment at LCLS that shocks a tantalum sample

The award honors his contributions to research and education as founding president of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST).

Jonathan and Renee Dorfan

Effort to improve the next generation of gravitational wave detectors includes atomic studies of new and better coatings for LIGO’s mirrors at SSRL.

Analysis of data from the BaBar experiment rules out theorized particle’s explanation for muon mystery.

BaBar experiment detector
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Something Borrowed

SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

An International Celebration of Dark Matter

Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.

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