The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down — not permanently, but for a pretty long time — and the famous atom ...

The physics department at UC Santa Barbara houses its own powerful particle accelerator that accelerates electrons to 99.4% of the speed of light: The Sherwin Group’s ability to produce short and ...

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...

Startup Substrate is building next-generation semiconductor fabs using advanced X-ray lithography. This goes beyond extreme ...

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 ...

Symmetry chats with scientists and engineers about doing important work in physics without a doctoral degree. Ronald Richards’ father was a mechanical engineer for Ford Motor Co., and as a child in ...

Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's linear accelerator is on, packs of around a billion electrons each travel together at nearly the speed of light through metal piping. These electron ...

Texas A&M University professor Peter McIntyre and his colleagues want to build a particle accelerator around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico in order to discover the most fundamental building blocks of ...

Once a surprise to physicists, these particles are useful tools inside and outside the realm of particle physics.

Two leading scientists discuss the future of their field. Credit...Ariel Davis Supported by By Dennis Overbye The future belongs to those who prepare for it, as scientists who petition federal ...