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Science Bowl High School winners

JoAnne Hewett awards medals to the winners of the SLAC Regional High School Science Bowl, Saratoga High School Team 1. The event was held...

March 7, 2023
JoAnne Hewett presents medals to Saratoga High School students.
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SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

Together with two long-time collaborators, he is recognized for work that helps us understand the strong nuclear force.

February 16, 2023  ·  4 min read
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David Goldhaber-Gordon named AAAS Fellow

The SIMES investigator was cited for his singular contributions to quantum materials science.

January 31, 2023
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Lab Director Chi-Chang Kao reflects on the past decade as SLAC celebrates 60th anniversary

Chi-Chang Kao, a noted X-ray scientist and director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, recently announced that he will step...
December 15, 2022  ·  10 min read
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Yijing Huang wins 2022 LCLS Young Investigator Award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors

For decades, materials scientists have focused on materials that are relatively balanced and unchanging – but not Yijing Huang, a postdoctoral scholar at the...
October 31, 2022  ·  2 min read
Yijing Huang at Stanford University
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Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

October 16, 2022
Energy Sciences Directorate team at the Battery500 Quarterly Review Meeting on May 25-26 at SLAC's Main Quad.
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SLAC entrance

The SLAC main entrance from Sand Hill Road. Science and User Support Building (SUSB) with Stanford Guest house to the left.
September 25, 2022
The SLAC main entrance from Sand Hill Road. Science and User Support Building (SUSB) with Stanford Guest house to the left.
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Science and User Support Building (SUSB)

September 22, 2022
Science and User Support Building (SUSB)
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Social lunch event

A social lunch event on the Main Quad for Director’s Award recipients and members of the SLAC community with notable years of service in...
September 21, 2022
Social lunch event for honorees
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Lynbrook High and Joaquin Miller Middle School win SLAC Regional Science Bowl competitions

The lab hosted two regional competitions this year. Winners of the Science Bowl regionals go on to nationals.

March 4, 2022  ·  4 min read
Screenshot of winning high school team Lynbrook
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A day in the life of a SLAC machine maker

At the Machine Shop, Pete Franco crafts beautiful, intricate and precise parts for the lab’s latest scientific tools.

October 21, 2020  ·  5 min read
Pete Franco at the SLAC Machine Shop
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Auralee Edelen and Wai Ling Wu receive 2020 Panofsky Fellowships at SLAC

Their work uses machine learning to transform the way scientists tune particle accelerators for experiments and solve longstanding mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.

August 25, 2020  ·  5 min read
Portraits of Auralee Edelen and Kimmy Wu