Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next ...

Since its inception in 2008, the LHC (large hadron collider) at CERN has been a key player in pushing the boundaries of particle physics research. Consisting of four main experiments, the circular ...

The Future Circular Collider would stretch 91 kilometres across at an average depth of 200 metres CERN chief Fabiola Gianotti said the FCC would allow 'major steps forward in our understanding of ...

Forward-looking: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, is an international research laboratory operating the world's largest particle accelerator. The Large Hadron ...

Civil engineer and nuclear technician Albert Swank Jr. wants to build a circular particle accelerator, or cyclotron, in his garage in Anchorage,... Neighborhood Up in Arms over Home Cyclotron Civil ...

When Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) helped scientists spot the Higgs boson in 2012, the discovery revolutionized how researchers interpreted the Standard Model of particle physics. Only the ...

Physicist John Peoples Jr. was the third-ever director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Batavia, and in his 10 years in charge oversaw efforts to boost the power of the Tevatron, a ...

(Elodie LE MAOU/AFP/AFP) The chief of the CERN physics laboratory says China's decision to pause its major particle accelerator project presents an "opportunity" to ensure Europe's rival plan goes ...