When you think of a particle accelerator, you usually think of some giant cyclotron with heavy-duty equipment in a massive mad-science lab. But scientists now believe they can create particle ...

Scientists have successfully developed a pocket-sized particle accelerator capable of projecting ultra-short electron beams with ... electrons using a specially designed metallic structure lined with ...

Laser-based approaches promise a low-cost, compact and simple alternative, compared with conventional accelerators. Particle accelerators are used extensively in many branches of the natural sciences.

A particle accelerator is used for health, safety, discovery, and for learning more about our universe. You can't see what it does, but you can feel it." What If ...

So-called "nuclear accelerators" are used to split the atom for scientific research, but most particle accelerators are built for more practical applications. They are used to manufacture myriad ...

Electric vehicle manufacturers are using the University of Saskatchewan's particle accelerator to develop batteries with a lifespan pushing eight million kilometres, roughly 25 times the average life ...

LHC is currently the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world and this upgrade project will increase its ability to produce more data by making its beams more intense.

After building a cyclotron, a small particle accelerator, as an undergraduate at Knox College ... signals down to 20 parts-per-million — that’s equivalent to finding a 2 micron bump on a 4 inch ...