Large Hadron Collider

Atoms are being stretched, stripped and contorted to new and bizarre limits

Decades of confounding experiments have physicists considering a startling possibility: the universe might not make sense

Maybe unifying the forces of nature isn't quite as hard as physicists thought it would be

What if the smallest bits of matter actually harbor an undiscovered world of particles?

After a three-decade search, scientists appear to have found the elusive particle. Its peculiar properties suggest a new era in physics could be about to dawn

The collider has inspired artists to create works about the Higgs boson, antimatter and the workings of the machine itself. Explore the interface between art and science in this interactive from researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stockholm University

Neutrinos, the strangest beasts in the particle zoo, may soon open the way to unexplored realms

Under the simplest assumptions, the measured mass of the Higgs could mean the universe is unstable and destined to fall apart. But don’t worry—it won’t happen for billions of eons

Maintenance, improvement work and data analysis will keep scientists busy as the European collider's planned closure begins

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is first in line for possible budget cutbacks

Researchers are perplexed by conflicting measurements for one of the universe's most common particles