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SLAC scientists contribute significantly to the ATLAS experiment at the world’s most powerful particle collider, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

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A team of electrical designers develops specialized microchips for a broad range of scientific applications, including X-ray science and particle physics.

This illustration shows the layout of an application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, at an imaginary art exhibition.
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The event attracted 124 participants and explores the successes and challenges of the theory that describes subatomic particles and fundamental forces.

SSI 2018
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Researchers from SLAC and around the world increasingly use machine learning to handle Big Data produced in modern experiments and to study some of...

Machine Learning in HEP
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Their work will deepen our understanding of matter in extreme conditions and fundamental particle physics.

Panofsky Fellows 2018
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Tais Gorkhover, Michael Kagan, Kazuhiro Terao and Joshua Turner will each receive $2.5 million for research that studies fundamental particles, nanoscale objects, quantum materials...

Photos of SLAC's 2018 Early Career Award winners
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry: Machine Evolution

Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Data: How It’s Made

In the Large Hadron Collider, protons become new particles, which become energy and light, which become data.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Putting the Puzzle Together

Successful physics collaborations rely on cooperation between people from many different disciplines.

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It’s less of a collision and more of a symphony.

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Universities in sub-Saharan Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

LHC Swings Back into Action

Protons are colliding once again in the Large Hadron Collider.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Did You See it?

Boston University physicist Tulika Bose explains why there's more than one large, general-purpose particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.