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News Release

Menlo Park Honors Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for Near-Zero Emissions

The City of Menlo Park has given the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) a 2000 Environmental Quality Award in recognition of SLAC's success in...

January 24, 2001
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Physicists Publish First Results From the B Factory at Stanford

The international BABAR Collaboration at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has just released initial results on the behavior of subatomic particles known as...

February 12, 2001
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BroadVision CEO and His Wife to Donate $15 million to Fund Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Institute

Pehong Chen, founder and CEO of BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN), and his wife, Adele, will donate $15 million to Stanford University to establish a new...

March 6, 2001
SLAC director Jonathan Dorfan; Pehong Chen, CEO of BroadVision; and President John Hennessy.
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National Academy of Sciences Elects Dr. Prescott as Member (PDF)

Charles Y. Prescott, physics professor and faculty chair at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), and Christopher Field, biology professor, by courtesy, and staff...

May 2, 2001
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Professor Gregory Loew Appointed Deputy Director of SLAC

Gregory Loew, professor of applied research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), has been named deputy director of the center.

July 5, 2001
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Physicists Find a New, Striking Difference Between Matter and Antimatter

An international collaboration of physicists conducting experiments at the Department of Energys Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has discovered a second fundamental difference between...

July 26, 2001
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Illuminating the dance of RNA with ultrabright X-rays

Scientists developed a new method to unlock the secrets of RNA. The implications are wide-reaching, from better understanding diseases to designing new therapeutics. 

October 10, 2023  ·  4 min read
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Rubin Observatory will help unravel mysteries of dark matter and dark energy

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s unprecedented deep and wide survey will create most precise map of Universe ever.

October 11, 2023  ·  5 min read
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KIPAC’s future is bright – and full of data

As the SLAC-Stanford institute celebrates its 20th anniversary, three Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology researchers share what they’re most excited for in...

October 13, 2023  ·  5 min read
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Shining light on the radical production of DNA building blocks

An international team has uncovered details about the formation of DNA's building blocks, paving the way  for potential medical and therapeutic applications.

October 11, 2023  ·  3 min read
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New AI-driven tool streamlines experiments

The research reveals the potential for machine learning in understanding the complex behavior of quantum materials.

October 12, 2023  ·  4 min read
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Taran Driver wins 2023 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on capturing ultrafast electron movements

The award recognizes Driver’s contribution toward attosecond X-ray capabilities.

October 20, 2023  ·  3 min read
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