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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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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
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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An engineer at SLAC laboratory constructed a full-scale model of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's cryostat in his spare time.
In a few years, scientists will come out with a new map of a third of the sky, one that will go deeper and...
The Planck mission released a first glimpse of data that, later this year, will test BICEP2’s discovery of gravitational waves.
Companies are using an electron-beam 3-D printing process to manufacture medical implants.
Given a year to mature, the Institute for Chemical Biology is relaunching under a new name that better reflects its vision of bringing Stanford's...
When the Large Hadron Collider restarts, it will be an even more powerful dark-matter-hunting machine.
The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.
Researchers are using powerful synchrotron-based X-rays to peer inside lithium-ion batteries while they operate. Understanding how batteries function – and what causes them to...
A new battery design harnesses waste heat in a four-step process: heating, charging, cooling and discharging.
The Department of Energy has awarded two Stanford scientists funding through the agency’s Early Career Research Program.
Physicist Rick Field discusses physics, Hollywood and a recent appearance by his sister, actress Sally Field, on the Late Show with David Letterman.
US scientists collaborated with an international team to install a new component in the core of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
