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EXO-200 Resumes Its Underground Quest

The upgraded experiment aims to discover if neutrinos are their own antiparticles.

May 3, 2016
News Release

Scientists watch bacterial sensor respond to light in real time

High-speed X-ray camera reveals ultrafast atomic motions at the root of organisms’ ability to turn light into biological function.

May 5, 2016  ·  3 min read
a protein from photosynthetic bacteria
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SLAC’s Historic Linac Turns 50 and Gets a Makeover

The lab’s signature particle highway prepares to enter another era of transformative science as the home of the LCLS-II X-ray laser.

May 4, 2016  ·  6 min read
SLAC linear accelerator building at sunset
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Following LIGO’s Treasure Maps

Astronomers around the world are looking for visible sources of gravitational waves.

May 6, 2016
Feature
VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Prepares to Deliver Six Times the Data

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider are once again recording collisions at extraordinary energies.

May 9, 2016
VIA Symmetry Magazine

Mommy, Daddy, Where Does Mass Come From?

The Higgs field gives mass to elementary particles, but most of our mass comes from somewhere else.

May 12, 2016
Past Event
Public Lecture

Gravitational Waves: The Sound of Black Holes Colliding

On September 14, 2015, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first direct measurement of a gravitational wave coming from deep space...
Date Tuesday, May 24, 2016
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
stillframe gravitational waves
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Q&A: Hitomi Researchers Talk About the X-ray Satellite’s Tragic End and the Data It Sent Home

KIPAC researchers mourn the loss of the Hitomi spacecraft but are thrilled about the data it was still able to capture.

May 16, 2016  ·  5 min read
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Caught on Camera: First Movies of Droplets Getting Blown Up by X-ray Laser

Taken at SLAC, microscopic footage of exploding liquids will give researchers more control over experiments at X-ray lasers.

May 23, 2016  ·  4 min read
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SLAC’s New Computer Science Division Teams with Stanford to Tackle Data Onslaught

Finding ways to handle torrents of data from LSST and LCLS-II will also advance “exascale” computing.

May 26, 2016  ·  5 min read
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Ming Yi Awarded L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship

The former Stanford graduate student, who did extensive research at SLAC, is being honored as an exceptional role model for women in science.

October 12, 2015  ·  5 min read
Ming Yi
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Xexon, Xenon Everywhere

It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form...

October 13, 2015
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