On Nov. 11, 1974, two research teams rocked the particle physics world when they announced they had independently discovered a new subatomic particle – the J/psi. The particle’s existence called for a ...

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have designed innovative technology that can generate both ...

AI is an integral part of many science areas around SLAC, including handling data from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)/Rubin Observatory, understanding the behavior of biological materials, ...

A groundbreaking achievement in particle physics has been made at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. Scientists at SLAC have created an electron beam with an ...

His research enabled the discovery that protons and neutrons are made of smaller particles, contributing to a fuller picture of the subatomic universe. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller earned a Ph.D.

The Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera the world’s largest at the heart of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Assembled at the ...

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team loading the LSST Camera on a transport cart for testing in February 2025. Courtesy Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC ...

Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created a high-energy, ultrashort, ultrahigh current petawatt peak power electron beam in a particle accelerator. This will allow them to ...

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory shows that modern science needs new technology, money and infrastructure Fundamental research today is like building a ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory detected nearly 2,000 new asteroids in about 10 hours, including MM45, rotating in under two ...

Winter, center, presents her work on marble rollercoasters to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory staff in Menlo Park on July 19, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Incoming fifth and sixth grade ...

Come visit the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (usually called SLAC), on the edge of the Stanford University campus, to learn about the inner workings of its 2-mile-long accelerator, which is ...