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GEM Fellows' courage leads them on paths of self-discovery

Two determined fellows share their thoughts on representation, mentorship and staying true to themselves in STEM.

May 8, 2024  ·  5 min read
Annette Mendoza and Damion Tingle
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Rubin Observatory finishes reflective coating of giant mirror

The first reflective coating was applied to Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror using the observatory’s onsite coating chamber.

May 2, 2024  ·  5 min read
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Symmetry: AI for control rooms

Scientists inside and outside of particle physics and astrophysics are leaning on AI for assistance with complex tasks.

May 1, 2024
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Harold Hwang named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Election to the academy honors exceptional scholars who discover and advance knowledge and who apply knowledge to the problems of society.

April 26, 2024
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Two SLAC researchers named to National Academy of Sciences

Harold Hwang and Tony Heinz were among 124 newly elected members.

May 2, 2024
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Symmetry: A physicists’ guide to the ethics of artificial intelligence

Physics may seem like its own world, but different sectors using machine learning are all part of the same universe. 

May 6, 2024
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Tomorrow’s physics test: machine learning

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it?

May 7, 2024
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News Release

NASA Award to Stanford University for Major Astrophysics Project

Today NASA announced an award to Stanford University for development of a space-based gamma-ray telescope named GLAST.

February 28, 2000
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
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Violent Acceleration and the Event Horizon

Using high-intensity lasers, scientists hope to simulate a black hole event horizon in a laboratory, something that has never been done before.

June 6, 2000
Unruh radiation diagram
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SLAC wins Department of Energy award for project management

The award acknowledged the on-time, on-budget completion of the $293 million B Factory Project.

October 17, 2000
View down the tunnel of the Asymmetric B Factory.
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President Clinton Names Enrico Fermi Award Winners: Stanford's Sidney Drell Honored

President Clinton today named Sidney Drell as a winner of the Enrico Fermi Award, given for a lifetime of achievement in the field of...

November 9, 2000
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SLAC's B Factory Achieves Design Goal

Scientists at DOEs Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) were in the last three days of the scheduled operation of the B Factorys PEP II...

November 9, 2000
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