After the beam shot through his skull and out just below his nose, Bugorski finished his day's work and went home for the evening.

This early prototype was just 10 cm wide, but Lawrence’s innovation was so impactful that it earned him the 1939 Nobel Prize ...

Scientists are unlocking new secrets of the universe with tiny particles called plasmons. These plasmons allow researchers to ...

Imagine a gamma ray laser that safely eliminates cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. A University of Colorado ...

Bombarding steel samples. To address this, researchers have been developing a type of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic ...

During the 20th Century, particle accelerators became key parts of particle — or high energy — physics and nuclear physics, existing before the two disciplines had even diversified.

Most particle accelerators use electromagnets to guide their particles along the arc. Electromagnets get their magnetic strength from running electricity around them; turn off the switch, and the ...

The accelerator’s 2.4-mile-long ring allows atomic nuclei to speed around it at 80,000 times a second – roughly 99.995 percent the speed of light.

These days, the most cutting-edge particle accelerators are vast machines like the LHC, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which is built underground and has a 16.7-mile (27-kilometer) circumference.