The Daily Brief: Wednesday, March 27
A Hoover Institution exhibit earns national recognition and KIPAC celebrates its 10th anniversary
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Local union holds biennial leadership elections
The local union that represents service and technical workers at Stanford University, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Santa Clara University will hold its biennial leadership elections tomorrow.
SLAC scientists confirm source of cosmic rays
Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), part of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, have confirmed that cosmic rays are created in the aftermath of supernovas, a theory that had never before been proven conclusively.
Blandford wins top honor from the Royal Astronomical Society
Physics Professor Roger Blandford received the British Royal Astronomical Society’s highest award, the Gold Medal, last Friday. He joins an elite group of scientists, which includes visionaries such as Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble and Stephen Hawking.
Board of Trustees holds first meeting with new chair at head
At the first meeting held by new chair Steven Denning, M.B.A. ’78, the Stanford Board of Trustees discussed several ongoing University construction projects, including an… Continue Reading »
Preliminary decision made to build world’s largest digital camera
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s project to build the world’s largest digital camera advanced last week as it gained Critical Decision 1 approval by the Department of Energy. The project, called the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera, would create a 3.2-billion-pixel digital camera to take data on the visible sky.
Drell to resign as SLAC laboratory director
Stanford announced Tuesday that Persis S. Drell, director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, plans to step down from her position to return to her role as a faculty member. She will remain the director of SLAC until the University hires a replacement.
MatSci lab develops transparent battery
A year of work by a materials science and engineering team has recently culminated in the development of a transparent lithium-ion battery, according to a paper recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.