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Working at the forefront of particle physics, SLAC scientists use powerful particle accelerators to create and study nature’s fundamental building blocks and forces, build sensitive detectors to search for new particles and develop theories that explain and guide experiments. SLAC's particle physicists want to understand our universe – from its smallest constituents to its largest structures.

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Something Goes Bump in the Data

The  ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC see something mysterious, but it’s too soon to pop the Champagne.

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Miraculous WIMPs

What are WIMPs, and what makes them such popular dark matter candidates? 

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Pentaquarks are no longer just a theory.

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More Data, No Problem

Scientists are ready to handle the increased data of the current run of the Large Hadron Collider.

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When it comes to studying particles that zip through matter as though it weren’t even there, you use every method you can think of.

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SLAC has led the development and implementation of a variety of upgrades to the ATLAS experiment to match the increased discovery potential of an...

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Mathematician to Know: Emmy Noether

Noether's theorem is a thread woven into the fabric of the science.

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Making the Portable Gamma Camera

The end of the Cold War and the cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider led to the creation of a life-saving medical device.

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OPERA Catches Fifth Tau Neutrino

The OPERA experiment’s study of tau neutrino appearance has reached the level of “discovery.”

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Masanori Yamauchi started his three-year term as head of Japan’s major center of particle physics research this spring.

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Steady to a Fault

How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth?

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Data collection has officially begun at the Large Hadron Collider.