China's ambitious new particle accelerator was meant to pick up where the Large Hadron Collider left off, but the project was ...

China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator marked a sharp turn in the ...

Scientists from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at Southampton University are part of an international project investigating the use of fibre lasers in particle accelerator technologies.

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...

A new design is looking to scale down particle accelerators in a major way. Using laser light and an 'accelerator on a chip' design, the search for parallel universes and the 'God particle' could soon ...

Particle accelerators are often framed as exotic machines built only to chase obscure particles, but they are really precision tools that use electric fields and magnets to steer tiny beams of matter ...

Jefferson Lab accelerator physicists to partner with national lab, university and industry colleagues for development of compact SRF accelerators for industrial settings NEWPORT NEWS, VA – ...

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 ...

Why build a large particle accelerator when there are much larger ones in space? Supermassive black holes could become the future research sites where scientists gain insights into dark matter, say ...

The world's only particle accelerator used regularly in the analysis of art has gone back into use at the Louvre museum in Paris. The accelerator has been rebuilt to allow it to investigate paintings ...