The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

The idea of powering a house with a single atom might seem like science fiction, but recent advancements in nuclear physics ...

Physicists have started running the world's largest particle accelerator at a new record energy and taking the first data from these ultra-powerful collisions.

The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from ...

In 1920, Rutherford proposed the name proton for the positively charged particles of the atom. ... An atom's electron configuration refers to the locations of the electrons in a typical atom.

"The difference between a supercollider and a black hole is that black holes are far away, but nevertheless, these particles will get to us.” ...

Electrons are proficient little magicians. They seem to flit about an atom without tracing a particular path, they frequently appear to be in two places at once, and their behavior in silicon ...

A: Some people think that an atom is the smallest form of matter, but it’s not. Every atom is made up of subatomic particles – protons, electrons and sometimes neutrons. Protons themsel… ...

They measured a tunneling electron from a hydrogen atom and found that its passage was practically instantaneous, according to a new study. [ 18 Times Quantum Particles Blew Our Minds ] ...

It accelerates particles to nearly the speed of light using close to 9,600 magnets, comprised of about 10,000 tons of iron, more than in the Eiffel Tower. They can generate a magnetic field more ...

Physicists have started running the world's largest particle accelerator at a new record energy and taking the first data from these ultra-powerful collisions.

In 2015, the world's most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, will restart. The particle accelerator has already discovered the Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle," and when it ...