Author: Lori Ann White

Kavli open house draws sell out crowd eager to learn more about astrophysics and cosmology

After a decade spent studying some of the most puzzling questions in astrophysics, providing research and learning opportunities to more than 100 graduate students and

by Lori Ann White
on March 28, 2013

John Seeman discovers his love for physics in grade school and makes a career at SLAC in Menlo Park

John Seeman likes to keep a low profile. But during his 30 years at SLAC in Menlo Park, he’s played important roles in several very

by Lori Ann White
on February 7, 2013

SLAC Director Emeritus Sid Drell receives National Medal of Science

SLAC Deputy Director Emeritus and Stanford University Hoover Senior Fellow Sidney Drell was one of 12 distinguished researchers presented with the National Medal of Science

by Lori Ann White
on February 4, 2013

Actor Alan Alda visits SLAC in Menlo Park to discuss communicating science to the public

Actor and writer Alan Alda is in a long-term, committed relationship with science, and he wants everyone to join him. Recently, the award-winning actor and

by Lori Ann White
on November 4, 2012

Spotted: Two stone gargoyles on a Menlo Park roof top

For the past 15 years, two small, grotesque statues have spent their days squatting on the roof of Building 280B on the SLAC campus in

by Lori Ann White
on October 11, 2012

Chris Spells helps keep SLAC employees on fitness path

The new Arrillaga Recreation Center at SLAC in Menlo Park in managed by Chris Spells. We caught up with him behind the reception desk, where

by Lori Ann White
on September 27, 2012

World’s most powerful x-ray laser beam refined to scalpel precision at SLAC in Menlo Park

With a thin sliver of diamond, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park have transformed the Linac

by Lori Ann White
on August 13, 2012

SLAC science writer recounts the decade-long search for the Higgs boson, launching a new era in physics

It was a little over two years ago that the Large Hadron Collider kicked off its search for the Higgs boson. But the hunt for

by Lori Ann White
on July 5, 2012

Annular eclipse, set for Sunday, May 20, is just partial eclipse locally

During an annular eclipse of the sun, such as the one occurring May 20 over much of the western United States, the moon passes between

by Lori Ann White
on May 18, 2012

Spotted: 6-foot-tall behemoth weighing 5,100 pounds getting lift off at SLAC, thanks to 7-ton crane!

A damaged klystron took a short flight out from the center of the SPEAR3 booster ring at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource last week, courtesy

by Lori Ann White
on January 20, 2012