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Jan 10, 2008 3:01 pm US/Pacific

Stanford Physics Lab To Cut Research, Workforce

PALO ALTO (AP) ― The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is planning to cut back research and lay off about 125 employees because of an unexpected reduction in federal spending on physics research.

It will be the largest layoff in the history of SLAC, which is considered one of the country's top physics research labs.

The lab had expected to receive $120 million in federal funding for high-energy physics, but only got $95 million after Congress cut the budget increase for the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

SLAC employs about 1,600 people and has an annual budget of $325 million.

Other national research centers including the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory also plan to lay off employees because of reduced federal spending.

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