Particle accelerators are often framed as exotic machines built only to chase obscure particles, but they are really ...

Linear accelerators have become an indispensable component in the advancement of particle therapy, offering precise control over the delivery of ionising radiation for cancer treatment. The field ...

With the help of carbon nanotubes and laser light, this machine can create immensely powerful X-rays on a microchip, ...

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 interactions of ...

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 ...

Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to sixty in 250 feet, and then rockets to 120 miles per hour in just one more inch. That's essentially what a collaboration of accelerator physicists has ...

Energy that would normally go to waste inside powerful particle accelerators could be used to create valuable medical ...

Particle accelerators have been responsible for revolutionary scientific breakthroughs, but the tech behind them isn't as ...