Particle Accelerator : Science World Report

Oct 29, 2015 03:05 PM EDT

Microscopic Engine Runs With A Single Particle, Lasers And Electric Fields.

Researchers have created a new Brownian Carnot engine, a microscopic motor that runs on a single particle, lasers and electric fields instead of gas. The microscopic engine was a breakthrough in thermodynamics.

Oct 06, 2015 11:43 AM EDT

Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded to Scientists Who Made Startling Neutrino Discovery

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 has officially been awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for their key contributions to the experiments which have demonstrated that neutrinos change density.

Oct 06, 2015 10:42 AM EDT

Particle Accelerator Shrunk to Tiny Proportions with New Terahertz Technology

Physicists may have managed to shrink the particle accelerator. They've managed to build the first prototype of a miniature particle accelerator that uses terahertz radiation instead of radio frequency structures.

Sep 24, 2015 03:52 PM EDT

Stealth Dark Matter Theory May Reveal Why Universe is Missing its Mass

Scientists may have developed a theory to explain why dark matter has evaded direct detection.

Aug 24, 2015 08:16 AM EDT

Dark Energy 'Chameleon' May be Snared with New Experiment

Dark energy may be hiding in our midst in the form of hypothetical particles called "chameleons." Now, one researcher has a plan to flush them out.

Jul 11, 2015 09:05 PM EDT

World's Most Powerful Particle Beam Created by Fermilab Scientists

There may be a new world record for a particle beam. Scientists have announced that Fermilab has set a new world record for the most powerful high-energy particle beam for neutrino experiments.

Dec 09, 2014 08:22 AM EST

Physicists Break World Record for Compact Particle Accelerator with Powerful Laser

Soon, researchers may be dealing with a compact accelerator. Using one of the most powerful lasers in the world, physicists have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact accelerator.

Feb 07, 2014 01:59 PM EST

Gigantic Next Generation Particle Collider to Succeed LHC is in the Works

The Future Circular Collider (FCC) could have a circumference of 80 to 100 kilometres (the LHC has a circumference of 27km), but first a five-year exploratory study will be carried out to look into the feasibility and cost of various different machines.

Oct 11, 2013 06:11 PM EDT

New Beam Dump Installed in Veteran CERN Accelerator

Beams do not circulate inside accelerators forever. As particles collide with the sides of the beam pipe or with each other, the beams "degrade" – they become less likely to give collisions that could lead to interesting physics.

Oct 03, 2013 04:30 PM EDT

Next-gen Particle Accelerator “Not Built” at CERN but Japan

The successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the world's most powerful particle accelerator - will most likely be based in Japan. But this does not mean the end of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, near Geneva.

Aug 16, 2013 05:19 PM EDT

Upgraded LHC Super-Collider Takes Shape With CERN Engineers Replacing Dipole Magnets

CERN engineers have been working through the night this week to move the final replacement dipole magnets into position on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Though there are several still to go, the teams expect to have completed the task by the end of this month.

Jun 21, 2013 11:46 AM EDT

Small and Powerful Tabletop Particle Accelerator Created by Texas Physicists

Physicists have built a "small" and powerful tabletop particle accelerator that can generate energies and speeds previously reached only by major facilities that are hundreds of feet long and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build.