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Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) RSS feed

The EXO particle physics experiment searched for an extremely rare – and still hypothetical – process that may help physicists understand some of the mysteries of the universe.

The EXO-200 underground detector.

News Feature

The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.

Snomass 2013 Opening
News Feature

Scientists in SLAC's Integrated Circuits Department reach a new frontier in ultrafast X-ray science with intricately designed signal-processing chips that translate particles of light...

Four ePix100 prototype chips bonded in a test setup. (Brad Plummer/SLAC)
Press Release

Scientists studying neutrinos have found with the highest degree of sensitivity yet that these mysterious particles behave like other elementary particles at the quantum...

EXO-200 in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
News Feature

Cooks think of watched pots. Handymen grumble about drying paint.

A very clean Knut Skarpaas, SLAC engineer, with half of the equally clean detector (Photo courtesy EXO collaboration.)