Scientists have successfully activated the world’s smallest particle accelerator, a device as compact as a coin. This ...

An exotic new approach could shrink kilometer-scale machines into table-top devices.

Research is progressing on a new form of radiotherapy to treat cancer that has shown promising results, tackling difficult ...

Neutrinos are ghostly subatomic particles that can travel in a straight line for billions of light-years, passing unhindered ...

Scientists have developed a method for generating fast, bright proton beams using a high-repetition-rate laser-plasma ...

A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed light on the universe’s most extreme phenomena.

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...

Researchers have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors (SNSPDs), originally designed for detecting photons, can also accurately detect high-energy protons. This unexpected finding ...

Researchers at Argonne have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors can also be used as highly accurate ...