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VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Physicists Discover Five-Quark Particle

Pentaquarks are no longer just a theory.

July 14, 2015
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Miraculous WIMPs

What are WIMPs, and what makes them such popular dark matter candidates? 

July 15, 2015
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New Fuel-cell Materials Could Pave the Way for Practical Hydrogen-powered Cars

In separate studies, researchers at Stanford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison report advances on chemical reactions essential to fuel-cell technology.

July 15, 2015
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Something Goes Bump in the Data

The  ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC see something mysterious, but it’s too soon to pop the Champagne.

July 16, 2015
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The Standard Model of Particle Physics

Explore the elementary particles that make up our universe.

July 21, 2015
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Social Scientist Chooses SLAC as Case Study for Transformation of 'Big Science'

A researcher interviewed SLAC and Stanford administrators, scientists and Nobel laureates and sifted through archival materials to better understand the drivers for change in...

July 23, 2015  ·  4 min read
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Is this the only universe?

Our universe could be just one small piece of a bubbling multiverse.

July 28, 2015
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One Higgs is the Loneliest Number

Physicists discovered one type of Higgs boson in 2012. Now they’re looking for more.

July 30, 2015
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IceCube Sees Highest-Energy Neutrino Ever Found

Observations of this kind could lead scientists to the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

August 4, 2015
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The Mystery of Particle Generations

Why are there three almost identical copies of each particle of matter?

August 5, 2015
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SLAC Builds One of the World's Fastest 'Electron Cameras'

Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Reveals Rapid Motions of Atoms and Molecules

August 5, 2015  ·  6 min read
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Unique SLAC Technology to Power X-ray Laser in South Korea

Scientists and engineers in South Korea will soon be using SLAC’s signature high-power radio-frequency amplifiers, called XL4 klystrons, to get the most out of...

August 7, 2015  ·  4 min read
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