Universities in sub-Saharan Africa are teaming up to offer free training to students interested in fundamental physics.

An international team of researchers fabricated an atomically thin material and measured its exotic and durable properties that make it a promising candidate for...

The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.

It’s less of a collision and more of a symphony.

The raft is part of the sensor array that will make up the crucial camera segment of the telescope.

The research team was able to watch energy from light flow through atomic ripples in a molecule. Such insights may provide new ways to...

A flash of green laser followed by pulses of X-rays, and mere nanoseconds later an extraterrestrial form of ice has formed.

Squeezing a platinum catalyst a fraction of a nanometer nearly doubles its catalytic activity, a finding that could lead to better fuel cells and...

Can the same type of technology Facebook uses to recognize faces also recognize particles?

What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?

SLAC launched America’s first website on Dec. 12, 1991.