A string of recent experiments has moved desktop-scale particle accelerators from theoretical curiosity to working prototypes ...

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Using high-intensity lasers, researchers have taken an important step toward miniaturization of particle accelerators by ...

Nuclear energy isn't exactly clean, with nuclear waste never exactly going away. But this inventive new process might help ...

A new method using light-nucleus strikes allows physicists to probe atomic structures with unprecedented precision.

An MIT-led team has found that data from “near-misses” at the Large Hadron Collider, long dismissed as background noise, can ...

Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of light. The ...

Behind every scientific breakthrough is a long trail of dead ends. Just ask particle physicists — or the Austrian farmer who ...

Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new particle, the Ξ cc ⁺, (“Xi cc plus”), a heavier cousin ...

Apparently, cows know how to scratch an itch — with a broom. This fascinating new discovery provides the first known example of multipurpose tool use beyond chimpanzees. It required finding just the ...