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 ...

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.

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 ...

The ongoing attempt to fully understand our universe - how it started, what it's made of, why it sticks together - is getting a new tool: a powerful linear particle accelerator at Fermi National ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

After a two-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is beginning to fire back up. The newest particle accelerator, Linac 4, completed its first test run over 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 ...

"This was the second particle accelerator institute that Roger had founded in the UK, but it is the only institute aimed at applying accelerator technology to address some of the biggest issues ...