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Working at the forefront of particle physics, SLAC scientists use powerful particle accelerators to create and study nature’s fundamental building blocks and forces, build sensitive detectors to search for new particles and develop theories that explain and guide experiments. SLAC's particle physicists want to understand our universe – from its smallest constituents to its largest structures.

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Festive Physicists

What’s it like working on experiments over the holidays?

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Dark matter hunters of the LUX collaboration have ruled out a larger-than-ever range of properties that hypothetical dark matter particles might have had.

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Save the Particles

To learn more about the particles they collide, physicists turn their attention to a less destructive type of collision in the LHC.

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What Could Dark Matter Be?

Scientists don’t yet know what dark matter is made of, but they are full of ideas.

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Charge-Parity Violation

Matter and antimatter behave differently. Scientists hope that investigating how might someday explain why we exist.

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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million for an international effort to build a working particle accelerator the size of a...

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Researchers are searching for a quantum theory of gravity that could help answer fundamental questions about the universe, from the very first moments after...

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The medal, which recognizes distinguished physicists for outstanding statesmanship in science, honors Quinn for her work in science education.

SLAC Professor Emerita Helen Quinn
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Cleanroom is a Verb

It’s not easy being clean.

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The Particle Physics of You

Not only are we made of fundamental particles, we also produce them and are constantly bombarded by them throughout the day.

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Researchers hope that the new experiment will shine light on how elementary neutrinos morph from one type into another.

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The Particle Physics Personality Quiz

What topic in particle physics are you destined to study? Take the quiz to find out!