As particle accelerator technology moves into the high-luminosity era, the need for extreme precision and unprecedented collision energy keeps growing. Given also the Laboratory's desire to reduce ...

When you think of a particle accelerator, you usually think of some giant cyclotron with heavy-duty equipment in a massive mad-science lab. But scientists now believe they can create particle accel… ...

When massive stars reach the end of their life cycles, they often explode in dramatic cosmic events called supernovae. These ...

Picture of the superconducting Darmstadt linear electron accelerator (S-DALINAC) which was operated in multi-turn energy recovery mode. Credit: J.-C. Hartung Credit: Schliessmann et al.

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 ...

Scientists have activated the smallest particle accelerator ever built—a tiny device roughly the size of a coin. This advancement opens new doors for particle acceleration, promising exciting ...

Researchers have successfully activated a tiny particle accelerator that's not even pocket-sized—it could get lost in your pocket. The nanophotonic electron accelerator (NEA) is the size of a ...

CERN houses the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which measures around 16.8 miles (27 kilometers) in circumference.

The main acceleration tube is approximately 0.02 inches (0.5 millimeter) long, which is 54 million times shorter than the 16.8-mile-long (27 kilometers) ring that makes up CERN 's Large Hadron ...

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 07 January 2025 Particle accelerators get an assist from AI co-pilots Large language models can propose fine-tuning adjustments for an electron accelerator in Germany.