particle accelerators
The Best Particle Collider in the World? The Sun
Recently astronomers caught a strange mystery: extremely high-energy particles spitting out of the surface of the Sun when it was…
Nature’s Ultra-Rare Isotopes Can’t Hide from this New Particle Accelerator
A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is producing long-awaited results. It's called the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams,…
LHC Scientists Find Three Exotic Particles — and Start Hunting for More
Physicists say they've found evidence in data from Europe's Large Hadron Collider for three never-before-seen combinations of quarks, just as…
Weird! Measurement of W Boson Doesn’t Match Standard Model of Physics
A decade ago, physicists wondered whether the discovery of the Higgs boson at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider would point to…
Astronomers Have Tracked Down the Source of High Energy Cosmic Rays to Regions Within the Milky Way Itself
Using a new observatory, a team of Chinese astronomers have found over a dozen sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays.…
What Are The Uses Of Electromagnets?
Electromagnets, which rely on electrical current to generate magnetic fields, are used to powering everything from medical equipment to consumer…
Astronomy Cast 323: Isotopes
The number of protons defines an element, but the number of neutrons can vary. We call these different flavors of…
What is CERN?
Here's another great video from Sixty Symbols featuring professor Ed Copeland giving his entertaining description of CERN, the "Mecca for…