Quantum vacuum exposed as collider turns virtual particles into matter
US physicists have shed light on a long-standing mystery after they captured rare experimental evidence that links the…
Particle accelerator helps reveal lost 2,000-year-old Greek star map
Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first telescope was invented in…
The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down
The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down — not permanently, but for a pretty long…
YouTuber captures ‘lightning in a bottle’ using particle accelerator
The phrase “lightning in a bottle” is usually used as a metaphor for something rare or impossible to…
Private donors pledge $1 bn for CERN particle accelerator
Europe’s physics lab CERN on Thursday said private donors had pledged $1 billion towards the construction of a…
Nanotube design could shrink particle accelerators to hair-thin size
New research suggests that particle accelerators capable of generating intense, coherent X-rays, which are typically produced only at…
50-year-old Physics trick can reduce 99% of particle colliders length
An international team of researchers is pushing forward with plans for a radically smaller, cheaper particle accelerator by…