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Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology.
Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
Inventing new tools for science and society
Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
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Learn more about the places where science happens at SLAC: our major facilities, institutes and centers.
Linac Coherent Light Source
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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We believe in the transformative power of diversity and that great science requires great people with open minds.
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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
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Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps project.
For physicists, seeing is not always believing.
A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena.
SIMES research, which confounds two decades of assumptions on lithium-ion battery design, could lead to better batteries with more power and greater capacity.
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald received the call from Sweden for their work on the Super-Kamiokande and SNO experiments.
The former Stanford graduate student, who did extensive research at SLAC, is being honored as an exceptional role model for women in science.
It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form...
Welcome to the Symmetry redesign!
These physics-themed jack-o’-lanterns come with extra brains.
What topic in particle physics are you destined to study? Take the quiz to find out!
Physicists are already preparing upgrades that will increase the physics reach of the Large Hadron Collider in the next decade.
Not only are we made of fundamental particles, we also produce them and are constantly bombarded by them throughout the day.