
CERN Prepares to Test Revolutionary Mini Accelerator
Machines that "surf" particles on electric fields could reach high energies at a lower price

CERN Prepares to Test Revolutionary Mini Accelerator
Machines that "surf" particles on electric fields could reach high energies at a lower price

A Hidden World of Complex Dark Matter Could Be Uncovered
The invisible dark matter particles that dominate the universe may come in strange and varied forms


Proton Smashing Resumes at the World's Largest Particle Accelerator
Former CERN scientist offers an inside look at the Large Hadron Collider as it awakens from a two-year slumber

Supercharged Large Hadron Collider Tackles Universe's Big Questions
Check out this graphical guide to the science ahead at the LHC in Europe

Dark Matter Particles Interact with Themselves
This never-before-seen phenomenon could help explain what comprises dark matter

Science's Path from Myth to Multiverse
In his latest book Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here

Galactic Signal Boosts LHC's Dark Matter Search
High-energy photons from the Milky Way’s core suggest dark matter may soon be found by the world's most powerful particle accelerator

The Mysteries of the World's Tiniest Bits of Matter
Physicists have known for decades that particles called gluons keep protons and neutrons intact—and thereby hold the universe together. Yet the details of how gluons function remain surprisingly mysterious

New Dark Matter Map Confirms Current Theories
The American Physical Society is holding its annual April Meeting at the moment in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of the highlights, research-wise, comes to us courtesy of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration.

America's Last Major Particle Collider Awakens
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, which operates at a lower energy than the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, recently fired up for its 15th run to look at quarks and gluons

The Large Hadron Collider's Second Run Will Break Energy Records
An inside look at how the atom smasher has been amped up

Short Circuit Delays Restart of the Large Hadron Collider
A team at CERN will attempt to remove metal debris thought to be causing the problem and determine if it will cause a delay of days or months