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 ...

The atypical structure of the radium monofluoride molecule allows physicists to search for answers to some of the universe’s ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

Particle accelerators smash tiny particles together to reveal the universe's building blocks. These machines have grown dramatically in size and power over time, leading to major discoveries. The ...

Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland is the most massive, most ambitious experiment ever undertaken by humanity. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator that uses a ...

Although LEGO Ideas sets are far and away some of the coolest builds available to brick heads, some sets fans submit never make it to retail stores. It’s a tragedy, frankly, especially in the case of ...

Scientists have developed a new machine-learning platform that makes the algorithms that control particle beams and lasers smarter than ever before. Their work could help lead to the development of ...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Particle accelerators are pricey, but their cost comes with good reason: These one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art machines are intricately designed and constructed to help us solve ...

The world’s most powerful particle accelerator has shattered every previous record, marking a pivotal moment for scientific ...

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

Rutgers researchers help close the door on a decades-old physics mysteryAfter collecting and analyzing data for a decade, a ...

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 ...