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VIA Stanford Magazine

The Making of Project M

Forty years ago,Wolfgang Panofsky dreamed up the largest, most expensive piece of machinery ever used in experimental physics. Today we call it SLAC.

May 1, 1997
Project M article on front page of Stanford Daily newspaper in 1960
News Feature

Researchers discover long-sought mechanism behind worst cases of a common blood disorder

G6PD deficiency affects about 400M people worldwide and can pose serious health risks. Uncovering the causes of the most severe cases could finally lead...

January 19, 2021  ·  4 min read
G6PD enzyme in red blood cell
News Feature
VIA Symmetry Magazine

The building boom

These projects, selected during the process to plan the future of US particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10...

October 23, 2018
Illustration of various science experiments
News Feature
VIA Symmetry Magazine

A powerful new tool to study the cosmos

Rubin Observatory will bring new capabilities to the studies of dark matter and dark energy.

October 13, 2020
Illustration of Vera Rubin Observatory
News Feature

New analysis of SuperCDMS data sets tighter detection limits for dark matter

The reanalysis considered new types of particle collisions and how dark matter particles interact with the Earth. 

July 28, 2023  ·  4 min read
clusters of galaxies collide showing separation of dark matter
Illustration

SLAC’s ACE3P Software

To find the best possible shape for an accelerator component (left), researchers often have to tweak a number of factors...
August 22, 2022
A diagram shows a curvy gray shape before (left) and after its shape is optimized by trimming away a section shown in green. A chart at center shows blue and red lines converging on an ideal target value over a number of simulation runs.
Resource

Property control

Learn about property control at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

laptops and devices on a desktop
Illustration

Diamond rain formation

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation...
September 1, 2022
Diamond rain formation
News Feature

Scales of time

Explore the fourth dimension, from processes that occur in billions of years down to tiny slivers of a second.

April 18, 2017

Paul McIntyre

Associate Lab Director, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Directorate
Portrait of Paul McIntyre, associate lab director, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Directorate

Lisa Bonetti

Interim – Associate Lab Director, Technology Innovation Directorate
Portrait of Lisa Bonetti, Interim Associate Lab Director, Technology Innovation Directorate
Events

SLAC Conferences, Workshops & Symposia

Schedule of upcoming conferences, workshops, meetings, summer school programs at SLAC