Particle accelerators are the engines of particle physics research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. They generate nearly light-speed, subatomic particles that scientists study to get to the ...

Current particle accelerators are divided into two primary types: circular accelerators and linear accelerators, sometimes called linacs. The "pipes" through which particles accelerate are vacuums ...

Since, I’m working at the home of the largest linear accelerator in the world I wanted to write an article about the coolest particle accelerators on Earth right now.

Technical Terms Linear Accelerator (Linac): A device that uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate charged particles along a straight path, integral to particle therapy applications.

In 1952 the principle of alternating, or “strong”, focusing of particle beams was discovered at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and immediately found wide application in all types of accelerators.

Scientists have recreated the conditions within stars and planets on Earth. They reached a whopping 36 million degrees which is 10 million degrees hotter than the centre of the Sun.

These sites, called X-Ray Light Source user facilities, produce X-ray beams studied by scientists for a wide range of applications in medicine, biology, material science, astrophysics, and more. The ...

Researchers have created a tiny prototype particle accelerator, small enough to fit onto a silicon chip. Although it accelerates particles to a far lower velocity than a full-size particle ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Alamos National Laboratory is celebrating 50 years of its globally sought-after linear particle accelerator. Scientists use the accelerator to study the ...