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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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Physicists are already preparing upgrades that will increase the physics reach of the Large Hadron Collider in the next decade.

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The Particle Physics Personality Quiz

What topic in particle physics are you destined to study? Take the quiz to find out!

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Frightfully Smart Jack-o’-lanterns

These physics-themed jack-o’-lanterns come with extra brains.

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Welcome to the Symmetry redesign!

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The American Physical Society has recognized both researchers for their leading role in SLAC’s BABAR experiment, which confirmed theorists’ description of how nature treats...

Jonathan Dorfan and David Hitlin
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It’s in the air we breathe, but it’s not so easy to get ahold of 10 metric tons of xenon in its liquid form...

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Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald received the call from Sweden for their work on the Super-Kamiokande and SNO experiments.

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A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena.

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New Discovery? Or Just Another Bump?

For physicists, seeing is not always believing.

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Citizen Scientists Published

Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps project.

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SLAC is ramping up its efforts to understand neutrinos – elusive fundamental particles whose properties may help researchers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.

The EXO-200 underground detector.
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Do Protons Decay?

Is it possible that these fundamental building blocks of atoms have a finite lifetime?