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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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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.
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Physicists have good reason to believe 85 percent of the matter in the universe is currently undetectable. But not being able to see it...

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Open Access to the Universe

A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.

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Science on Demand

Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.

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Last year, a monster magnet set out from Brookhaven National Lab on an epic trek by land and sea to Fermilab, where it will...

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