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About 30 years ago an ‘ideas guy’ and a team builder joined forces to search for the invisible bulk of existence. In this Q&A...

Explore our Frontier Research

To explore the birth of the universe, the formation of stars and galaxies and the fundamental structure of space and time, SLAC researchers develop cutting-edge technologies for sensitive experiments located deep underground, on the surface and in space.

This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, also known as the "bullet cluster."

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Poster illustration of public lecture featuring Jocelyn Richardson

SLAC Science Explained

It will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

Past Event

It is a mystery how the earliest organisms on earth evolved the means to thrive, grow and reproduce under the sparse conditions of the...

Past Event

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

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AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs.

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Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

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SLAC completed its work on ComCam, a commissioning device to be installed in Chile later this year.

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SLAC experimentalists and theorists collaborate to develop critical detector components, data analysis tools, and theoretical models for the HL-LHC upgrade, which will investigate the...

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James’ research on chronic and acute mercury exposure challenges conventional views

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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST

Careers at SLAC

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Inside the search for dark matter: Leading experts at SLAC share their journey and prospects for finding the missing stuff of our universe

Astrophysics & cosmology

Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation

LSST Camera: A new picture of the cosmos

Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Testing, Testing! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Completes Comprehensive System Tests With Flying Colors

Dark matter, neutrinos and drug discovery: how AI is powering SLAC science and technology

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

A miniature camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will help test the observatory and take first images

Striving toward a new era of the LHC

Ashley James wins 2023 Klein Award for studying mercury poisoning