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Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology.
Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
Inventing new tools for science and society
Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
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Learn more about the places where science happens at SLAC: our major facilities, institutes and centers.
Linac Coherent Light Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
Reinventing the way we break down plastic waste
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DOE-funded Program Benefits Companies, the Lab and Society
With two SLAC researchers in the lead, an analysis of the enigmatic Fermi bubbles has narrowed down the number of possibilities for their origin...
The Higgs boson could be the tool that leads scientists to the next big discovery.
Laser-timing Tool Works at the Speed of Electrons
LSST Will Capture Unprecedented View of Night Sky
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Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.
A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.
X-ray Studies will Explore Hybrid Materials for Solar Energy, Efficient Lighting and Other Uses
SIMES Researcher Developed Innovative Printing Process
In September, DES will make data collected in its first season freely available to researchers.
Physicists have good reason to believe 85 percent of the matter in the universe is currently undetectable. But not being able to see it...