Scientists at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) have moved closer toward developing compact, powerful particle ...

Particle accelerators produce and accelerate beams of charged particles, such as electrons, protons and ions, of atomic and sub-atomic size. They are used not only in fundamental research for an ...

When you think of a particle accelerator, you usually think of some ... required for these devices won’t be in our garage any time soon. However, we hope this might lead to a new class of ...

The even larger project is the Future Circular Collider. The 56-mile-long (91-kilometer) project has not yet gotten the green light or (arguably more importantly) funding, and even if it does, the ...

When it comes to building particle accelerators the credo has always ... This may seem like a long time ahead but the scientific community is already thinking about what comes next.

"For the first time, we really can speak about a particle accelerator on a [micro]chip," said Roy Shiloh, a physicist and co-author of the study. A team at Stanford University has reportedly ...

Head in a Particle Accelerator: What’s It Like to Be at the Center of the Atom? From outer space threats to dangerous dino ...

A little weasel-like rodent known as a beech marten cut the power to the world's largest particle accelerator this week when it gnawed through an electrical transformer. Colin is Mashable's US ...

So-called "nuclear accelerators" are used to split the atom for scientific research, but most particle accelerators are built for more practical applications. They are used to manufacture myriad ...