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Large accelerator detects five new particles
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Large accelerator detects five new particles

The world's largest particle accelerator (LHC) detects five new subatomic particles that may help explain how the atomic center binds together.

December 12, 2018
Turns the light into matter
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Turns the light into matter

Scientists have for the first time found a groundbreaking technique that turns light into matter, a goal that has been thought impossible since the idea came out 80 year…

December 11, 2018
Accelerator is smaller than grain
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Accelerator is smaller than grain

In the first experiment, electron particles were accelerated to near the speed of light in a conventional accelerator.

December 11, 2018
Atom smasher creates new material
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Atom smasher creates new material

The collisions between the particles inside the atomic crusher machine called Large Particle Accelerator (LHC) seem to have created a new kind of material.

December 11, 2018
The world's largest engine sued
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The world's largest engine sued

Concerned that a large particle accelerator could create black holes and destroy the earth, a German woman sues the machine in court hoping it will stop working.

December 11, 2018
The LHC finds legendary beads
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The LHC finds legendary beads

The Atlas particle detector, one of the LHC's giant detectors, has found a particle that physicists have been skeptical about for many years despite never having see…

December 11, 2018