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A fleeting subatomic particle may be exposing flaws in a major physics theory

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the biggest questions in particle physics is whether the ...
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Muons: Emblems of discovery

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.
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Scientists build a particle accelerator one molecule wide

Physicists have now demonstrated a particle accelerator so small it fits inside a single molecule, shrinking one of science’s most imposing machines to the scale of chemistry. Instead of ...
The Hill

Pendulum pattern of House power yields to particle accelerator model

In preparing for a talk on the relationship between House Speakers and the Rules Committee (subtitled, “The Speaker’s Committee?”), I took the occasion to reread two Congressional Research Service ...
Newsday

Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary

GENEVA — The research center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Tuesday, with the physicists who run it aiming to unlock secrets about dark ...
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How Do Particle Accelerators Actually Work?

Every time two beams of particles collide inside an accelerator, the universe lets us in on a little secret. Sometimes it's a particle no one has ever seen. Other times, it's a fleeting glimpse of ...

Researchers build plasma accelerator that boosts electron energy and brightness at the same time

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...
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Scientists Are Creating A Particle Accelerator That Could Be More Powerful Than The Large Hadron Collider

Ten years after discovering the Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is preparing to start colliding protons at astonishing levels to unravel more mysteries of the universe. The world's ...
The Next Web

This tiny particle accelerator fits in a large room — making it much more practical than CERN’s

In 2010, when scientists were preparing to smash the first particles together within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), sections of the media fantasized that the EU-wide experiment might create a black ...
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What Are Particle Accelerators?

Particle accelerators produce and accelerate beams of charged particles, such as electrons, protons and ions, of atomic and sub-atomic size. They are used not only in fundamental research for an ...

Scientists have been hunting this elusive particle for a decade. It doesn’t exist.

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...
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Abandoned for Decades, the Atom Smasher Was the World's First Particle Accelerator

You know that feeling when you're passing by a car junkyard that's close to the road? It feels like you're traveling back in time for a few moments, doesn't it? Well, if that feels strange, imagine ...