Author: Mike Ross

Let it bee – saving a hearty colony on the SLAC campus in Menlo Park

The colony of honeybees that's lived in an old blue oak tree in front of Building 41 on the SLAC campus in Menlo Park for

by Mike Ross
on July 22, 2013

SLAC’s historic ‘End Station A’ hosts electron beams once again in Menlo Park

Electrons are once again streaming into SLAC's historic End Station A, setting the stage for a new user facility in the huge, concrete hall where

by Mike Ross
on April 25, 2013

Every tree has its tag on SLAC campus in Menlo Park – and that translates to almost 5,000

From 150-year-old native oaks to young redwoods, nearly 6,000 trees grace SLAC’s 426-acre campus in Menlo Park.Most of them are labeled with a three-digit number

by Mike Ross
on September 8, 2012

Not just science, SLAC shows off its artistic side with campus sculpture

Amid SLAC’s buildings and byways in Menlo Park are a number of outdoor sculptures and technical artifacts that should inspire some amount of awe and

by Mike Ross
on June 3, 2012

SLAC Director Emeritus Burton Richter discusses early years, energy and the environment

Nobel Laureate Burton Richter, former director of SLAC, is one of the Menlo Park-based lab's most notable and influential scientists. In this Q&A with SLAC

by Mike Ross
on April 26, 2012

Scientists create first atomic x-ray laser, opening door to new range of scientific discovery

Editor's note: Some "happened-in-Menlo" news makes headlines worldwide. This is one example. Scientists working at Menlo Park-based SLAC have created the shortest, purest X-ray laser

by Mike Ross
on January 27, 2012

Nobel laureate Martin Perl keeps us up-to-date about trends in physics

When he’s not actually doing experiments, SLAC physicist and Nobel laureate Martin Perl loves to talk about important trends in physics. For about the last decade, for

by Mike Ross
on December 15, 2011

Noted physicist talks about The Inifinity Puzzle at SLAC public lecture on Dec. 5

Monday’s SLAC Colloquium will be an insider’s tale of how discoveries made 40 years ago by three scientists led to the construction of CERN’s $10

by Mike Ross
on December 4, 2011

Spotted: Happy fences at SLAC

The construction crew for the Research Support Building must be one happy bunch, if the smiley-face patterns cut into several of the shade cloth panels

by Mike Ross
on October 24, 2011

SLAC physicist explores parallel universes Sunday night (9/4) on Discovery Channel

Are parallel universes real? The answer to that intriguing question is explored in an hour-long Discovery Channel television program that features SLAC theoretical physicist JoAnne

by Mike Ross
on September 2, 2011