Planning is well underway for the successor to the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). LHC operators at CERN revealed the results of a "midterm review" of ...

A pocket-size gizmo that puts the "pop" in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future. The small but mighty device is a magnetron—a mashup of the words "magnetic" and ...

Particle accelerators smash tiny particles together to reveal the universe's building blocks. These machines have grown dramatically in size and power over time, leading to major discoveries. The ...

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 ...

CERN is soon to decide on the construction of a gigantic successor to the LHC. Several billionaires have now pledged money ...

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved a significant milestone in laser-plasma acceleration (LPA). They have successfully accelerated electrons to an ...

A recent report underscores the importance of energy consumption and cost to decisions about future large-scale particle accelerator projects. The construction of a large-scale particle accelerator ...

Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland is the most massive, most ambitious experiment ever undertaken by humanity. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator that uses a ...

There was a large turnout last week on the first day of a three-day symposium entitled “Accelerators for America’s Future.” The attendance, as well as the presentations from a diverse range of ...

Jefferson Lab Senior SRF Accelerator Physicist Haipeng Wang displays the core of a cavity magnetron during an April 2024 lab tour. NEWPORT NEWS, VA - A pocket-size gizmo that puts the “pop” in ...