A diagram of the BEAR project payload system, part of the first particle accelerator launched into space. Asimov wasn't alone in suggesting we develop an extraterrestrial particle accelerator.

A linear particle accelerator, nicknamed MEGA, built in the lab of Rolf Wüthrich with the help of six undergraduate engineering students, has been impressing audiences far and wide. Already featured ...

After a two-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is beginning to fire back up. The newest particle accelerator, Linac 4, completed its first test run over the ...