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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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Experiments have helped explain some of the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe, but not all of it. Now a SLAC theorist...

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Searching for a Dark Light

A new experiment  is on the hunt for dark photons, hypothetical messengers of an invisible universe.

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Abel, associate physics professor at Stanford and at SLAC and acting director of KIPAC, was recognized for the advances he’s made using supercomputers to...

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Burton Richter, Nobel laureate and director emeritus of SLAC, has received the National Medal of Science – the nation's highest honor for achievement in...

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Cosmic Inflation

Cosmic inflation refers to a period of rapid, accelerated expansion that scientists think took place about 14 billion years ago.

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Science Hack Day

Astrophysicists inspire space-related projects at a 24-hour hack-a-thon in San Francisco.

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The Medal is the Nation's Highest Honor for Achievement in the Field of Science

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Martin L. Perl, a professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in...

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CERN Turns 60

CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for science.

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When Research Worlds Collide

Particle physicists and scientists from other disciplines are finding ways to help one another answer critical questions.

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A possible sign of dark matter will eventually become clear, according to promising signs from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment.

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Forecasting the Future

Physicists and other scientists use the GEANT4 toolkit to identify problems before they occur.

Physicists and other scientists use the GEANT4 toolkit to identify problems before they occur.