Ultrafast experiments at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source require powerful, unique data systems adapted from particle physics. The Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, located at SLAC, produces a beam of ultrabright X-rays powerful enough... Continue reading →

Josh Cassada, accepted into NASA’s exclusive 2013 astronaut candidate class, cut his scientific teeth doing particle physics research at Fermilab. Continue reading →

Symmetry writer Andre Salles tells you everything you always wanted to know about moving a gigantic electromagnet but were afraid to ask. Day One: Friday, June 21 “Trust me, you won’t be able to miss it." Those words were ringing in my head as I ... Continue reading →

Chart a course to knowledge with symmetry’s interactive map of all 17 US Department of Energy national laboratories. The US Department of Energy has nurtured hubs of innovation in the United States for more than eight decades. Discoveries made ... Continue reading →

Accelerator physicists at SLAC celebrate a successful step toward building smaller, cheaper accelerators. Accelerator researchers at SLAC's Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator have successfully created high-quality, fast-moving electron beams in a ... Continue reading →

Nigel Lockyer, director of Canada’s TRIUMF laboratory since 2007, will take over for retiring Fermilab Director Pier Oddone. Physicist Nigel Lockyer, head of TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, will take a n... Continue reading →

Subatomic particles streaming from the Earth’s interior carry important evidence of the planet’s origins. As children, many of us played at the possibility of digging a hole so deep it could reach the center of the Earth, or even clean th... Continue reading →

More than 30 years ago, a physicist honored a bet by naming a particle decay diagram after an aquatic bird. Two physicists walk into a bar and start playing a game of darts. One turns to the other and says, “Let’s make a bet. If you lose this gam... Continue reading →