As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

A microchip with the electron-accelerating structures with, in comparison, a one cent coin. If you think of a particle accelerator, what may come to mind is something like CERN’s Large Hadron Collider ...

GENEVA – Working on a small piece of the world's largest experiment, it's easy to lose sight of the big picture. Kyle Cormier, a University of Toronto grad student in particle physics, is a member of ...

The world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator smashed protons together on Friday, bringing scientists closer to understanding the Big Bang. CERN researchers put three beams of protons ...

BERLIN – The world’s biggest particle accelerator is back in action after a two-year shutdown and upgrade, embarking on a new mission that scientists hope could give them a look into the unseen dark ...

Researchers have successfully activated the world's smallest particle accelerator, called a nanophotonic electron accelerator (NEA). It uses miniature laser beams to accelerate electrons, marking a ...

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Innovative machine learning techniques are rapidly transforming particle accelerator physics by integrating advanced data analytics with established accelerator models. This integration has led to ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the giant underground particle accelerator that brought us the Higgs boson, restarted on Easter Sunday (April 5). The LHC laid dormant for two years while it was ...

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 ...