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The Light Shines on SPEAR3
By Neil Calder
2004 starts with a bang at SLAC with the
Dedication Ceremony for the new SPEAR3 facility. Everyone is invited to
attend this event, which will pay tribute to all the people around the lab
whose contributions led to the successful completion of the project.
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The Many Lives of Mark II
By Anna Gosline
For 13 years, the Mark II detector sat in retirement at the east end of
the Collider Experimental Hall (CEH), patiently waiting to be dismantled.
Life was not always so quiet for this 1800-ton feat of engineering glory.
Now that it is being dismantled, we reflect again on the detector’s
glorious past.
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Astrophysics Program Investigates Dark
Matter
By Linda DuShane White
Steve Kahn’s primary focus as Deputy Director of the Kavli Institute
for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) is to develop major new
programs.
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Synchrotron Research Reveals How to
Remove Uranium from Water
By Heather Rock Woods
A new technology that acts like a giant underground filter is
successfully beginning to mop up the uranium contaminating an aquifer in a
remote Utah canyon.
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E-165 Reveals True Colors of Light
By Anna Gosline
Using electron pulses, a sensitive prism and just the right amount of
air, researchers at SLAC have revealed the true colors of fluorescent
light triggered by ultra high energy cosmic rays. The
results will shed light on an important discrepancy between two recent
observations of this energetic phenomenon and provide a solid foundation
for future generations of cosmic ray experiments.
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Sand Hill Roadway
Improvement Project Explained By Emily Ball
Andy Coe (Director of Community Relations, Stanford University) and Jim
Inglis (Manager of Design and Construction, Stanford Management Company)
came to SLAC in December to present the latest information on the Sand
Hill Road Menlo Park Roadway Improvement Project.
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Peter Segura Retires
By Paul Bellomo
Pete Segura, (ESD-PCD Technical Manager and Head of Power Systems
Operations Support) retired on December 31, 2003, shortly after
celebrating his 25th SLAC anniversary.
Segura, who hails from Bisbee, Arizona, became an expert electronics
technician while in the Air Force.
He migrated to California and earned an AAS electronics degree from Merced
College.
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New Separate Prescription Drug Benefit by
Express Scripts By Anita Piercey
In an effort to contain the costs of healthcare, Stanford has carved
out, or separated, the drug benefit from each of the health plan options
(except Kaiser) and created a separate single drug benefit plan,
administered by Express Scripts, Inc.
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