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Discovery at SLAC's Synchrotron Could Lead to New Drug Designs, Treatments

Image - In this rendering, the structure of the nuclear receptor transcription factor Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SF-1, shown in gray) is bound by the signaling phospholipid referred to as "PIP3" (blue and red). (Raymond Blind/UCSF)

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

Martin L. Perl, a professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics for discovery of the tau lepton, died Sept. 30 at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto...

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Accelerating the Fight Against Cancer

As charged-particle therapies grow in popularity, physicists are working with other experts to make them smaller, cheaper and more effective—and m

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

CERN Turns 60

CERN celebrates six decades of peaceful collaboration for science.

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

When Research Worlds Collide

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

SSRL protein crystallography expert joined research effort that could lead to a safe and effective alternative to chemotherapy.

System Studied at SLAC's Synchrotron Mimics Steps in Photosynthesis

Image - This illustration of a model molecular complex mimics the final step in the cycle of photosynthesis: oxygen release.
News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Pursuit of Dark Matter Progresses at AMS

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

News Feature · VIA Symmetry Magazine

Science Gets Social

If you like your science with a cup of coffee, a pint of beer or a raucous crowd, these events may be for you.

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