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The LSST: Knowing the Telescope Before It is Built

In repeatedly and systematically surveying the sky with deep, large-field-of-view images in six optical color bands on a 3 billion pixel camera for years...

July 19, 2011  ·  2 min read
Possible imperfections in LSST images
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Forces Within Molecules Can Strengthen Extra-long Carbon-carbon Bonds

The strength of a chemical bond between atoms is the fundamental basis for a molecule’s stability and reactivity.

September 15, 2011  ·  3 min read
Representation of the longest carbon-carbon bond ever seen in an alkane
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Space: The Hunt for Hidden Dimensions

Presented by JoAnne Hewett. Extra dimensions of space may be present in our universe. Their discovery would dramatically change our view of the cosmos...

Date Tuesday, April 25, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Public Lectures

Arsenic: The Silent Killer

Andrea Foster uses x-rays to determine the forms of potentially toxic elements in environmentally-important matrices such as water, sediments, plants, and microorganisms. In this...
Date Tuesday, February 28, 2006
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth

Public lecture presented by Zeeshan Ahmed

October 3, 2017  ·  01:22:41  runtime
Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth
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Axions: Ghost Riders in the Sky

Public lecture presented by Hendrik Vogel

April 3, 2018  ·  01:03:13  runtime
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SuperCDMS Location

The SuperCDMS dark matter experiment will be located at the Canadian laboratory SNOLAB, 2 kilometers (6,800 feet) underground inside a...
May 2, 2018
SuperCDMS Location
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Mayall Telescope Star Trails

Star trails take shape around the 14-story Mayall Telescope dome in this long-exposure image.

February 9, 2018
Mayall Telescope Star Trails
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Scientists get the most realistic view yet of a coronavirus spike’s protein structure

The study, done on a mild-mannered relative of the virus that causes COVID-19, paves the way for seeing more clearly how spike proteins initiate...

December 18, 2020  ·  4 min read
Illustration of a coronavirus spike
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VIA Stanford News

Stanford single-dose nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19

Researchers at Stanford are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature.

January 5, 2021
The ferritin nanoparticle, shown with red center and six blue spikes.
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Public Lecture

A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus

Presented by Caterina Vernieri. The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in...

Date Thursday, March 25, 2021
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
At SLAC we are constructing the core of the biggest and fastest camera ever built to capture the Higgs boson in action.
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Vera Rubin, giant of astronomy

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will be named for an influential astronomer who left the field better than she found it.

January 7, 2020
Vera Rubin