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Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle accelerator in the universe — and the Large Hadron Collider has its work cut out for it

Supernovas can become some of the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — but only if they pass a…

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Large Hadron Collider Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second

Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions…

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Measuring Gluons and Quarks at the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the Nation’s Only Particle Collider

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. Today we’re taking you on another one of our…

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‘Beauty’ particle discovered at Large Hadron Collider could unlock new physics

Physicists at the world’s largest particle accelerator have made a first-of-its-kind discovery about antimatter that could help solve one of…

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CERN scientists unveil plans for MATHUSLA, an upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider that could finally reveal new physics

The world’s biggest atom smasher could be getting an upgrade. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), situated at the CERN laboratory…

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Breakthrough Prizes Awarded to Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists

Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists win $3-Million Breakthrough Prizes Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy…

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Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?

On the Swiss–French border, at the headquarters of the European laboratory CERN, a battle is under way for the future…

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Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds

Is there a time of day or night at which nature’s heaviest elementary particle stops obeying Einstein’s rules? The answer…

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