In November, Quanta magazine published a feature on the detection of “magic” top quarks at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ...

Before the RHIC shut down, it was the only operational particle collider in the U.S. and one of two heavy-ion colliders in the world, the other being the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.

A new theory suggests the universe’s greatest secrets are hiding in a “zeptouniverse” that’s ready to be explored—without ...

Let's roll back a few days. This is CERN, the Nuclear Research laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. It ...

A major upgrade to the LHCb experiment at CERN is under threat after the UK cancelled its contribution towards it. The decision by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to defund the ...

Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, final beams of oxygen ions—oxygen atoms stripped of their electrons—circulated ...

The Largest Particle Accelerator in the world is being used to heat commercial and residential buildings in the Ferney-Voltaire commune in France. The buildings are using waste heat from the cooling ...

The UK is scrapping more than £250mn of planned funding for four big physics infrastructure projects, including an upgrade of the Cern particle accelerator led since last month by a senior British ...

Every year, on 11 February, CERN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In an effort to amplify ...

The last collisions at RHIC took place on February 6, 2026. The particle accelerator provided insights into Big Bang matter for 25 years.

Science funding cuts in the UK are expected to be a "devastasting blow" for physics research, affecting international ...

Major reforms to the United Kingdom’s national research funding agency are aimed at boosting the nation’s economy.