CERN's large hadron collider is responsible for discovering the Higgs boson particle in 2012, which confirmed a hypothesis ...

When you think of a particle accelerator, you usually think of some giant cyclotron with heavy-duty equipment in a massive mad-science lab. But scientists now believe they can create particle ...

The world's largest particle accelerator is about to take a long break. After years of smashing protons together, the Large ...

The world's largest scientific machine—the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN—has shut down after completing a landmark ...

This sample of niobium has been treated in a process that is typical for preparing particle accelerator components. Tests have revealed how adding oxygen to such components makes them more efficient.

New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new physics. Particle accelerators are best known for colliding ...

Twenty-five feet below ground, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory scientist Spencer Gessner opens a large metal picnic basket. This is not your typical picnic basket filled with cheese, bread and ...

One of the most important discoveries in physics in a long time was made there 14 years ago, and now the Large Hadron ...

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva switched off its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Monday ...

Texas A&M University professor Peter McIntyre and his colleagues want to build a particle accelerator around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico in order to discover the most fundamental building blocks of ...