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SLAC fundamental physics researchers study everything from elementary particles produced in accelerators to the large-scale structure of the universe. 

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The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”

Heavy Photon Search.
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LHC Swings Back into Action

Protons are colliding once again in the Large Hadron Collider.

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Sensitive gamma-ray “eye” on NASA’s Fermi space telescope continues to provide unprecedented views of violent phenomena in the cosmos.

Fermi in Space.
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A new result from the Daya Bay collaboration reveals both limitations and strengths of experiments studying antineutrinos at nuclear reactors.

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Did You See it?

Boston University physicist Tulika Bose explains why there's more than one large, general-purpose particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

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

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Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.

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Two astrophysicists and a theoretical physicist discuss how the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy by...

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Q&A: Dark Matter Next Door?

Astrophysicists Eric Charles and Mattia Di Mauro discuss the surprising glow of our neighbor galaxy.

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Instrument Finds New Earthly Purpose

Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.

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Wizardly Neutrinos

Why can a neutrino pass through solid objects?

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Advance your romance with science.