The question is more complicated than it seems.

Using an electric field, researchers drew magnetic designs in nonmagnetic material. These efforts could lead to new types of storage devices.

Using Twinkles, the new simulation of images of our night sky, scientists get ready for a gigantic cosmological survey unlike any before.

Most experiments searching for mysterious dark matter require massive colliders, but Stanford physicist and SLAC collaborator Peter Graham advocates a different, less costly approach.

How can we measure the worth of scientific knowledge? Economic analysts give it a shot.

Kelly Gaffney is the director of SSRL, SLAC's synchrotron that produces extremely bright x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at...

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After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser

The contaminant binds to organic matter in sediments, which increases persistence in groundwater.

An ancient surprise surfaced in 1964 during construction of the 2-mile linear accelerator.

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Construction has officially launched for the LZ next-generation dark matter experiment.