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      Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all

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SLAC Experiment Finds Key to Natural Detoxifier’s Reactivity

A tiny change in the length of a chemical bond makes a big difference in the activity of a molecule important in health, drug...

October 7, 2015  ·  3 min read
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Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations

Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald received the call from Sweden for their work on the Super-Kamiokande and SNO experiments.

October 6, 2015
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X-ray Study Reveals New Details of How Burrowing Sea Creatures Shape Geology

X-ray research on 80-million-year-old fossilized burrows, likely the work of tiny marine worms, is helping scientists understand how living organisms affected the chemistry of...

October 14, 2015  ·  5 min read
Image - This marine worm, commonly known as a ragworm, can grow up to 4 inches in length. It is part of a class of worms known as polychaetes. A far smaller variety of polychaetes was likely responsible for creating ancient burrows studied at SLAC.
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SLAC Gets Sporty at First ‘Nerd Bowl’

Facebook ultimately prevailed in a flag football tournament organized by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and hosted by SLAC.

February 1, 2018  ·  3 min read
athletic field at Stanford University’s Arrillaga Recreation Center at SLAC
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45-Year-Old Telescope Gets a Makeover to Demystify Dark Energy

Installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

February 12, 2018  ·  5 min read
Mayall Telescope Star Trails
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Subatomic Smackdown

When it comes to talent, versatility and the power to change the world, which atomic particle is the champ?

February 9, 2018
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Show Your Affection with Physics Valentines

When it comes to love, sometimes you have to say it with science.

February 13, 2018
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In a First, Tiny Diamond Anvils Trigger Chemical Reactions by Squeezing

Experiments with 'molecular anvils' mark an important advance for mechanochemistry, which has the potential to make chemistry greener and more precise.

February 21, 2018  ·  7 min read
Illustration of soft molecules attached to molecular anvils between diamond tips
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First Nanoscale Look at How Lithium Ions Navigate a Molecular Maze to Reach Battery Electrode

Streamlining their journey through the electrolyte could help lithium-ion batteries charge faster.

February 22, 2018  ·  4 min read
Illustration of molecular layers in battery electrolyte
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Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Richard Taylor Dies at 88

One of the pioneering particle physicists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Taylor carried out experiments that led to the 1990

February 22, 2018
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With Laser Light, Scientists Create First X-Ray Holographic Images of Viruses

Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have made detailed 3-D images of nanoscale biology, with future applications in the study of air pollution, combustion and...

March 7, 2018  ·  4 min read
Colorful image formed from multiple X-ray diffraction patterns.
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Humanity, Technology Join Hands in Life/Art/Science/Tech Festival at SLAC

Part of Stanford's celebration of Frankenstein@200, the fifth LAST Festival brings together artists and scientists for two days of exhibitions and

March 6, 2018
Sculpture by Amy Karle
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