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Dark Matter Observed

Dark matter, the elusive stuff that makes up a quarter of the universe, has been seen in isolation for the first time.

August 21, 2006
This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, also known as the "bullet cluster."
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Modern Technology Reveals Ancient Science

Finally, after more than 1000 years in obscurity, the last unreadable pages of the works of ancient mathematician Archimedes are being deciphered, thanks to...

August 2, 2006
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SLAC Joins ATLAS Collaboration

On July 14, the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) was officially accepted into the ATLAS collaboration, a consortium of researchers and...

July 21, 2006
CERN's ATLAS detector
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Physicists Size Up the ‘Unitarity Triangle’

B factory experiments at the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan...

June 22, 2006
The Unitarity Triangle
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Space Telescope Leaves SLAC for Washington D.C.

The pioneering space telescope recently assembled at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has taken a continent-sized step in its journey toward launch.

May 17, 2006
The 16 towers of the Large Area Telescope (LAT).
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Researchers Find Black Holes to be Green

Black holes are the most fuel efficient engines in the Universe, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

April 24, 2006
composite image of NGC 4696
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Fred Kavli Building dedicated at SLAC

The Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Stanford University dedicated the Fred Kavli Building on March 17, 2006.

March 13, 2006
The Fred Kavli Building
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High Energy Physics Team Captures Network Prize at SC|05

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center recently joined an international team in shattering the...

December 6, 2005
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New Deputy Directors Appointed at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Stanford Professors Piero Pianetta, a physicist, and Britt Hedman, a chemist, will become the new deputy directors of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL)...

October 18, 2005
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First Director Appointed for New Stanford Ultrafast Science Center

The growing new field of ultrafast science—which scrutinizes very tiny things that move and change at super fast speeds—gains momentum Oct. 17 with the...

October 17, 2005
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Stöhr to Direct Synchrotron Radiation Lab

Stanford Professor Joachim Stöhr, an innovative x-ray scientist, will become the new director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) on Oct. 1.

September 27, 2005
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Terror of the Tudor Seas Suffers from Sulfur

Henry VIII’s warship, the Mary Rose, wreaked havoc on the French navy for 34 years until she was wrecked in 1545. Salvaged from...

September 27, 2005
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