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News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Physics Love Poems

Advance your romance with science.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

LZ Dark Matter Detector on Fast Track

Construction has officially launched for the LZ next-generation dark matter experiment.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Physics Love Poem Challenge

Think you can do better than the Symmetry staff? Send us your poems!

An ancient surprise surfaced in 1964 during construction of the 2-mile linear accelerator.

The contaminant binds to organic matter in sediments, which increases persistence in groundwater.

After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser

photo - the empty accelerator tunnel
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Five Extreme Facts about Neutron Stars

Neutron stars have earned their share of superlatives since their discovery in 1967.

Kelly Gaffney is the director of SSRL, SLAC's synchrotron that produces extremely bright x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at the atomic and molecular level of energy production, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, new materials and medicine.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The Value of Basic Research

How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.

Most experiments searching for mysterious dark matter require massive colliders, but Stanford physicist and SLAC collaborator Peter Graham advocates a different, less costly approach.

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