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Science Bowl

SLAC will be hosting two  annual Regional Science Bowls for teams of Bay Area high school and middle school students in 2023.

SLAC Regional Science Bowl 2020-competition photo
News Brief
VIA Stanford

Alberto Salleo is named a AAAS Fellow

SLAC's   deputy director for science and technology joins three others Stanford faculty as new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...

March 27, 2025
Alberto Salleo

Jonathan Russell

Chief Information Officer
Headshot of Jonathan Russell

Katie Roberts

Contractor Assurance & Contract Management Director
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Clay Sumner

Chief Financial Officer
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Video

Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation

Public lecture presented by Jocelyn Richardson

January 23, 2025  ·  01:19:05  runtime
Public Lecture: Joycelyn Richardson
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Video

Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

Public Lecture presented by Quynh L. Nguyen
March 27, 2025  ·  00:51:53  runtime
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Video
News Feature
VIA Symmetry Magazine

A new side to dark energy steps into the light

The long and continuing quest to understand dark energy has entered exciting new territory.

April 8, 2025
An illustration of a telescope with verdant trees on one side and a person raking leaves on the other.
Upcoming Event
SLAC on Tap

The Fundamental Universe, Looking for Zebras, and the World’s Largest Demolition Derby

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), protons collide at nearly the speed of light, unleashing a particle party that might reveal secrets beyond our...
Date Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Julia Gonski
May 08
SLAC Science Explained

LSST Camera: A new picture of the cosmos

It will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

June 1, 2022  ·  3 min read
LSST camera focal plane
News Feature
VIA Stanford

SLAC ATLAS group among Stanford researchers receiving 2025 Breakthrough prizes

The $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics went to the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb collaborations representing 13,508 researchers.

April 14, 2025
Photo of the massive mural of the ATLAS detector at CERN Point 1 painted by artist Josef Kristofoletti.
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XPP instrument

XPP Instrument Area Manager Daniel Stefanescu prepares LCLS instruments for beam and experiments.
December 9, 2020
Preparations of instruments for beam and experiments at LCLS