Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...

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Europe's physics lab CERN on Thursday said private donors had pledged $1 billion toward the construction of a new particle accelerator that would be by far the world's biggest.

Europe's physics lab CERN on Thursday said private donors had pledged $1 billion towards the construction of a new particle ...

CERN has installed two cold boxes at the ATLAS and CMS sites, a major milestone for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade.

Norbert Holtkamp has been appointed as the new director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, effective Jan. 12, 2026.

Researchers from TUM, working at CERN, have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how deuterons are formed. Another long-standing question in particle physics has been answered. Scientists ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

The chief of the CERN physics laboratory says China's decision to pause its major particle accelerator project presents an "opportunity" to ensure Europe's rival plan goes ahead. Ten years ago, China ...

With contributions from Brown faculty and students, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector, and the results provide the strongest constraints ...