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It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment.

The former Stanford graduate student, who did extensive research at SLAC, is being honored as an exceptional role model for women in science.

Ming Yi

A tiny change in the length of a chemical bond makes a big difference in the activity of a molecule important in health, drug development and chemical synthesis

Image - Courtney Krest Roach (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations

Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald received the call from Sweden for their work on the Super-Kamiokande and SNO experiments.

A 200-terawatt laser at SLAC will synchronize with X-ray laser pulses to precisely measure more extreme temperatures and pressures in exotic forms of matter.

Image - Eduardo Granados inspects a large titanium sapphire crystal, the operative component in a newly upgraded high-power laser system that is designed to work in conjunction with a unique X-ray laser at SLAC.

SIMES research, which confounds two decades of assumptions on lithium-ion battery design, could lead to better batteries with more power and greater capacity.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

The Burgeoning Field of Neutrino Astronomy

A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

New Discovery? Or Just Another Bump?

For physicists, seeing is not always believing.

A researcher who performed a variety of X-ray experiments at SLAC’s synchrotron will receive an annual scientific award during a SLAC conference next month.

Feng Lin
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Citizen Scientists Published

Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps project.

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