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Researchers at SLAC are setting up a test stand and liquid xenon purification system for the future LZ experiment, which is scheduled to begin its search for dark matter particles in 2019.

A new agreement paves the way for joint projects between the United States and CERN.

A 20-ton superconducting magnet has completed its journey from California to New York.

A team led by Stanford University scientists is using software to breathe new life into results from past biological experiments at SLAC’s X-ray laser.

Scientists at SLAC and Utrecht University have identified how catalysts degrade when used to refine crude oil.

Either Supersymmetry will be found in the next years of research at the Large Hadron Collider, or it isn’t exactly what theorists hoped it was.

SIMES principal investigators Zhi-Xun Shen, Shoucheng Zhang and Aharon Kapitulnik were elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Antimatter has fueled many a supernatural tale. It's also fascinating all by itself.

The European Physical Society honors Bjorken’s theoretical work on the parton structure of the proton, which contributed to the development of a theory of the strong nuclear force.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will take the most thorough survey ever of the Southern sky.

Indirect detection experiments might be the key to discovering invisible dark matter.

Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have established the first endowed professorship in honor of Arthur Bienenstock.