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SLAC fundamental physics researchers study everything from elementary particles produced in accelerators to the large-scale structure of the universe. 

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A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena.

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New Discovery? Or Just Another Bump?

For physicists, seeing is not always believing.

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Citizen Scientists Published

Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps project.

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SLAC is ramping up its efforts to understand neutrinos – elusive fundamental particles whose properties may help researchers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.

The EXO-200 underground detector.
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Do Protons Decay?

Is it possible that these fundamental building blocks of atoms have a finite lifetime?

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The DOE has approved the project’s scientific scope, schedule and funding. SLAC researchers are among the 200 physicists and astronomers who make up the...

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Hitting the Neutrino Floor

Dark matter experiments are becoming so sensitive, even the ghostliest of particles will soon get in the way.

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Where the Higgs Belongs

The Higgs doesn’t quite fit in with the other particles of the Standard Model of particle physics.

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The CMS and ATLAS experiments combined forces to more precisely measure properties of the Higgs boson.

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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope’s ‘Eye’ Will be Built at SLAC.

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The LSST’s camera will include a filter-changing mechanism and shutter. This animation shows that mechanism at work, which allows the camera to view different...

This animation shows that mechanism at work, which allows the camera to view different wavelengths
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Looking for Strings Inside Inflation

Theorists from the Institute for Advanced Study have proposed a way forward in the quest to test string theory.