Over the coming years, Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is set to explore a number of big questions in nuclear physics. Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is ...

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Particle accelerators, also known as particle colliders or atom smashers, have been responsible for some of the most exciting physics findings over the past century, including the discovery of the ...

Two scientists explain how a linear accelerator works—and how it could reveal rare forms of matter Two scientists explain how a linear accelerator works—and how it could reveal rare forms of matter ...

Stanford researchers unveiled a new kind of linear accelerator in Nature today, both smaller and more powerful than its enormous predecessors. Instead of using microwaves like traditional accelerators ...

Particle accelerators range in size from massive to compact, but researchers from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created one that's downright miniscule. What you ...

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA—Last month, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) reached its golden anniversary. After 50 years of operation the ...

A particle accelerator's $1 billion upgrade could lead to improvements in electronic gear. Also in SLAC's sights: better batteries and cancer treatments. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

MENLO PARK -- Thousands of commuters on I-280 drive over literally the coolest spot in the universe every day where the upgraded Stanford Linear Accelerator requires those freezing temperatures to ...

STANFORD (KCBS) -- Science fans are cheering the announcement that public tours will once again be given at Stanford's Linear Accelerator Center. SLAC is a government lab operated by Stanford for the ...