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To find the best possible shape for an accelerator component (left), researchers often have to tweak a number of factors...

A diagram shows a curvy gray shape before (left) and after its shape is optimized by trimming away a section shown in green. A chart at center shows blue and red lines converging on an ideal target value over a number of simulation runs.

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A map of the sky showing the density of galaxy clusters, galaxies and matter in the universe over the part...

Map of sky showing density of galaxy clusters

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Particle accelerators are used every day in a wide range of scientific, medical and industrial applications. But did you know that the task of...

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Image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which is mounted on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the Cerro...

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A new study probing the structure and evolution of galaxy clusters shows good agreement with the predictions of standard cosmological models.

A cluster of bright galaxies on a black background.

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SLAC scientists and engineers celebrated the completion of a new clean room, where the lab will assemble the camera of the future Large Synoptic...

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This animation shows an accelerator cavity whose design is being optimized with the help of a dashboard Kitware developed for use with SLAC’s ACE3P...

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

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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...

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A new report outlines suggestions for federal investments needed for the next generation of transformative discoveries in particle physics and cosmology, including priority projects...

A web of dark matter, in which galaxies are forming.

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As members of the lab’s Computer Science Division, they develop the tools needed to handle ginormous data volumes produced by the next generation of...

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Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.

Who we are

SLAC science explained

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST

Careers at SLAC

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

SLAC’s ACE3P Software

DES Map

Super-Human Operator: Controlling Accelerators with Machine Learning

DECam images

Galaxy clusters yield new evidence for standard model of cosmology

Construction of LSST Clean Room at SLAC Completed

Kitware dashboard developed for use with SLAC’s ACE3P software

Physicists ask: Can we make a particle collider more energy efficient?

KIPAC’s future is bright – and full of data

Recommendations for U.S. government investments in particle physics include SLAC research priorities

Q&A: Alan Heirich and Elliott Slaughter Take On SLAC’s Big Data Challenges

Fermi spacecraft