Linac 4 will replace an older accelerator as the first step in the complex that includes the LHC. At a ceremony today, CERN European research center inaugurated its newest accelerator. Linac 4 will ...

These two-minute animations break down the accelerator systems at Fermilab and CERN. Curious how scientists can deliver particles to particle physics experiments? Two new animations from Fermilab and ...

Beam me up The Large Hadron Collider’s “Run 3” will see its experiments collect data from higher energy and more intense collisions. (Courtesy: CERN) The LHC was shut down in 2018 to begin maintenance ...

After an almost two-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is beginning to fire back up for its next phase of probing the mysteries of physics. Its newest particle ...

The Large Hadron Collider, the particle accelerator that enabled the discovery of the Higgs boson, is back in action after over three years in hiatus. CERN shut the accelerator down for maintenance ...

The revamped LHC will see more particle collisions and mind-blowing energy levels to hunt for dark matter and extra dimensions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

An April 1 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a man telling viewers about his visit to the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, and what he thinks the organization will do ...

CERN is stepping up the game in the field of nuclear research. The European physics research center inaugurated its newest particle accelerator, Linac 4, during a May 9 ceremony in the Swiss city of ...

Particle accelerators are an extremely useful tool for scientists wishing to probe the fundamental open questions in physics. The largest and most powerful accelerator in the world—the Large Hadron ...

Sept. 18, 2010, 5:30 PM EDT / Source: Reuters CERN, Europe's particle research center, unveiled budget cuts Friday that will force it to close its accelerators for a year in 2012. The new plan ...