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News Feature · VIA Stanford News

Partners in Discovery

Working together, researchers at SLAC and Stanford expand our knowledge of materials, molecules and the universe.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The Milky Way’s Hot Spot

The center of our galaxy is a busy place. But it might be one of the best sites to hunt for dark matter.

Their results suggest a more efficient way to store energy from solar and wind power by converting it into renewable fuels.

A water-splitting device at the University of Toronto
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Why Are Particle Accelerators so Large?

CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Bump Watch 2016

A bump in the LHC data has physicists electrified…but what does it mean?

A new experiment at the South Pole picks up where BICEP2 left off.

Scientists have determined in atomic detail how a potential drug molecule fits into and blocks a channel in cell membranes that Ebola and related “filoviruses” need to infect victims’ cells.

Alex Kintzer and Robert Stroud at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source.

Toward next-generation electronics, better medications and green energy solutions: "The First Five Years" point to a bright future of high-impact discovery at LCLS.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The ABCs of Particle Physics

Take an interactive animated journey through the particle physics alphabet.

It will provide new insights into the physics of black holes, the formation of chemical elements, stars and galaxies, and the evolution of the universe itself.

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