Geeks of Menlo

To address climate change, will Menlo Park be the birthplace of a better battery?

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University has announced the launch of a new joint battery center at SLAC in Menlo

by Glennda Chui
on April 21, 2023

A day in the life of X-ray laser coach Siqi Li

Taking on a major project as a new hire at a world-renowned national laboratory would be daunting for some, but not for Siqi Li. As

by Caitlyn Buongiornio
on February 18, 2020

Meet Hannah Pollek, who’s helping put the pieces of a giant telescope camera together

At 8:00 am each morning, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera’s integration and testing team shuffles into a conference room at  SLAC National Accelerator

by Andrew Freeberg
on January 17, 2020

SLAC talk about “the quark discoveries” set for Oct. 14

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the quark discovery, SLAC will host a special colloquium on Monday, Oct. 14 from 3:30-4:30 pm. SLAC’s Martin Breidenbach,

by Contributed Content
on October 13, 2019

Congressional representatives visit SLAC and other national laboratories

Last week, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) (pictured 5th from right) was part of a congressional delegation that visited SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park. Also

by Linda Hubbard
on August 19, 2019

Remastered 1964 films by Menlo Park filmmaker show origins of SLAC

A pair of 1964 films detailing the construction of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, later renamed SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, were recently remastered and are now

by Andrew Freeberg
on February 25, 2019

Opinion: Working In video games — it’s dangerous to go alone

Editor's note: The author grew up in Menlo Park and offers a perspective on why mobile gaming has been a great career for him. That

by John Getze
on February 8, 2019

Pioneering SLAC physicist Richard Taylor, who won a Nobel Prize, passes away at age 88

Richard Edward Taylor, one of the pioneering particle physicists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, died at his Stanford campus home

by Contributed Content
on February 24, 2018

M-A Robotics Team 766 builds on past success as it begins this year’s competition

Last month,  FIRST Robotics world champions, Bellarmine College Preparatory, invited Menlo-Atherton High School, as well as 30 other robotics teams, to two days of intense competition

by Kyle Dixon
on October 20, 2015

If it’s Thursday, it’s Coding Club day for first and second graders at Oak Knoll School

Stop by Bill Quarre's second grade classroom during lunch time on Thursdays and you'll find two dozen or so  girls and boys with headsets on

by Linda Hubbard
on March 5, 2015