Large Hadron Collider
Texas Company Creating Tiny Particle Accelerators for People to Buy
Particle accelerators, usually the size of small cities, accelerate electrons to immense speeds using electric fields, producing X-rays.
Exotic New Particles Seen in Hadron Collider Unearth New Secrets of Physics
In a newly upgraded Large Hadron Collider that's more powerful than ever, scientists have spotted exotic combinations of tiny particles known as quarks.
Neutrino Signals Detected at Large Hadron Collider for First Time Ever
Scientists have searched for the tiny fundamental particles for years, and they may hold clues to some of the biggest questions in physics.
CERN Reveals Plans For New, Huge Particle Accelerator
The proposed accelerator will reside in an underground tunnel with a circumference of 62 miles. This is significantly bigger than the 17-mile structure that houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—the current largest and most powerful accelerator in the world.
LHC Scientists Might Have Found a Strange New Particle
If this particle really exists, then it is not just outside the standard model but outside it in a way that nobody anticipated.
Scientists Are Developing a Mini Antimatter Accelerator
Particle accelerators speed up elementary bits of matter to probe fundamental questions in physics, however, current facilities require huge amounts of space.
Scientists Make Most Accurate Antimatter Measurement
Antimatter and matter should have completely annihilated each other in the Big Bang, leaving nothing but energy.
Russia Testing Generator to Build Its Own Atom Smasher
Klystrons are powerful generators for creating the electromagnetic fields that accelerate particles within atom smashers.
'Little Animal' Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider
Power cut at CERN facility caused by beech marten could delay discovery of a new dimension.
European Space Agency Calling Artists for Residency
In a collaboration with Ars Electronica, the space agency will host an arts and science residency.
Scientists have Found the 'Pentaquark,' a Discovery 50 Years in the Making
The discovery solves a 50-year-old puzzle about the building blocks of matter.
Large Hadron Collider Study Supports Standard Model of Physics
Evidence consistent with the Standard Model is "a great triumph" but also disappointing.
Large Hadron Collider Gears Up to Go Beyond Boundaries of Human Understanding
Scientist working on CERN's groundbreaking experiment says the particle accelerator will chart new territory.
Large Hadron Collider Back in Business After 'Intense Maintenance'
Scientists aim to use the powerful particle collider to take physics beyond what we know.
Scientists Confirm Existence of the Force and of their Sense of Humor
CERN researchers published a press release about finding the Force. That's a capital F.