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Public Lectures

Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant

Presented by Ashley James

Date Thursday, May 23, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Public Lecture: Ashley James
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry: AI for control rooms

Scientists inside and outside of particle physics and astrophysics are leaning on AI for assistance with complex tasks.

May 1, 2024
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Symmetry: A physicists’ guide to the ethics of artificial intelligence

Physics may seem like its own world, but different sectors using machine learning are all part of the same universe. 

May 6, 2024
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Tomorrow’s physics test: machine learning

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it?

May 7, 2024
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Rubin Observatory will help unravel mysteries of dark matter and dark energy

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s unprecedented deep and wide survey will create most precise map of Universe ever.

October 11, 2023  ·  5 min read
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KIPAC’s future is bright – and full of data

As the SLAC-Stanford institute celebrates its 20th anniversary, three Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology researchers share what they’re most excited for in...

October 13, 2023  ·  5 min read
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KIPAC public lecture

Unveiling the Sun: Exploring the Wonders of Solar Astrophysics

In this lecture, we will together embark on an adventure to uncover the enigmatic and awe-inspiring secrets of the Sun through the lens of...

Date Tuesday, October 31, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences 

Stanford-SLAC study shows how modifying enzymes’ electric fields boosts their speed

A   swap of metals and a mutation ramp up the electric field strength at the active site of an enzyme, making it  ...

October 25, 2023
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Physicists ask: Can we make a particle collider more energy efficient?

The future of experimental particle physics is exciting –  and energy intensive. SLAC physicists are thinking about how to make one proposal, the Cool...

November 3, 2023  ·  4 min read
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Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The collaboration is searching for dark matter particles with masses smaller than ten times the mass of the proton.

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How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus

Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections.

November 14, 2023  ·  5 min read
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Fundamental Physics Directorate

The Fundamental Physics Directorate brings together scientists and technologies that support national priorities in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology to explore the basic particles and forces that knit the cosmos together.

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