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 ...

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A landmark study revisiting the U.S. Department of Energy’s (CEBAF) benchmarks the upgraded performance and capabilities of ...

When you think of a particle accelerator, you’re probably thinking ... Lawrence Berkeley National Labs use plain-old VHS tape to make plasma mirrors to do just that. Why VHS tape?

Scientists are investigating how to use computers to make the tiny adjustments necessary to keep particle accelerators running at their best. Researchers use accelerators to better understand ...

is the world's largest particle accelerator. Online in 2008 and costing around $6 billion, protons are made to collide into other particles 10 million times per second while making 17-mile laps at ...