In the 1980s, America began building the most ambitious science project in history: a 52-mile particle accelerator in ...

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Another long-standing mystery in particle physics has finally been solved. An international research team of the ALICE ...

The pumps that circulate gas mixtures through these particle detectors must be extremely reliable and keep the gases ...

All experiments broke records in the final full operating year of the third run of the LHC.

There, over six years, neutrinos from two separate particle beams were studied by MicroBooNE, a state-of-the-art detector ...

Inside a nuclear fusion device, high-energy deuterium and tritium particles are generated. Deuterium and tritium are heavier ...

A decade-long investigation into puzzling neutrino behavior has now ruled out one of the most widely discussed explanations: ...

Running a synchrotron light source is a massive team effort that brings hundreds of highly skilled and specialized professionals together. The radiofrequency (RF) group at the National Synchrotron ...

After another record year, the world's largest particle accelerator was shut down at the beginning of the week. The next major upgrade will begin in mid-2026.

Event displays (particle collisions) captured by the detectors of the LHC's four large experiments during 2025. Top left: ...