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SLAC Partners with Small Businesses to Put Technology to Good Use

DOE-funded Program Benefits Companies, the Lab and Society

July 29, 2014  ·  6 min read
A copper acceleration cavity with an extremely thin coating of tungsten.
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Despite Extensive Analysis, Fermi Bubbles Defy Explanation

With two SLAC researchers in the lead, an analysis of the enigmatic Fermi bubbles has narrowed down the number of possibilities for their origin...

July 31, 2014  ·  3 min read
Image - Artist's representation of Fermi bubbles
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Using the Higgs Boson to Search for Clues

The Higgs boson could be the tool that leads scientists to the next big discovery.

August 1, 2014
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Catching Chemistry in Motion

Laser-timing Tool Works at the Speed of Electrons

August 6, 2014  ·  4 min read
Image - An illustration of the setup used to test an "attosecond" timing tool at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser. The dashed line represents the arrival time of the X-ray laser.
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Construction of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to Begin

LSST Will Capture Unprecedented View of Night Sky

August 4, 2014  ·  2 min read
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Rebooted Muon Experiment Tests Detector Design at SLAC

Last year, a monster magnet set out from Brookhaven National Lab on an epic trek by land and sea to Fermilab, where it will...

August 5, 2014  ·  2 min read
Photo – The Muon g-2 Detector Group
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Science on Demand

Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.

August 7, 2014
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Open Access to the Universe

A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.

August 11, 2014
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SLAC Secures Role in Energy Frontier Research Center Focused on Next-generation Materials

X-ray Studies will Explore Hybrid Materials for Solar Energy, Efficient Lighting and Other Uses

August 14, 2014  ·  3 min read
Image - A researcher at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource holds up a thin strip of material printed with an ink (magenta) relevant to solar-energy conversion.
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Ying Diao Honored with 2014 Spicer Award for Her Work at SSRL

SIMES Researcher Developed Innovative Printing Process

August 18, 2014  ·  3 min read
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Dark Energy Survey Kicks Off Second Season

In September, DES will make data collected in its first season freely available to researchers.

August 18, 2014
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SLAC Summer Institute Students Take a Close Look at Dark Matter

Physicists have good reason to believe 85 percent of the matter in the universe is currently undetectable. But not being able to see it...

August 20, 2014  ·  2 min read
Photo - SSI speaker Tracy Slatyer of MIT
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