The Higgs boson self-coupling is a phenomenon where the Higgs interacts with itself, which can manifest in particle ...

Members of the STAR collaboration, a group of physicists collecting and analyzing data from particle collisions at the ...

The key test passed by sPHENIX to prove it is ready to measure the properties of quark-gluon plasma is called a "standard candle" in particle physics. This isn't to be confused with Type 1a supernovas ...

A lot of the science from our accelerators is published long after collisions end, so storing experimental data for future ...

The world’s most powerful particle accelerator – the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – has sprung back to life after a three year shutdown (Cern/PA) The world’s most powerful particle accelerator – the ...

Dark matter is notoriously antisocial, refusing to interact with light and "normal" matter, making it effectively invisible. But what scientists aren't sure about is if dark matter interacts with ...

Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland is the most massive, most ambitious experiment ever undertaken by humanity. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator that uses a ...

Particle accelerators smash tiny particles together to reveal the universe's building blocks. These machines have grown dramatically in size and power over time, leading to major discoveries. The ...

The world's largest particle accelerator has performed its first collisions, and its first beam acceleration. Progress on the giant experiment has been rapid in the four days since the Large Hadron ...

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