Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland lies the Large Hadron Collider, the most complex machine on Earth. This ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) remains one of the pinnacles of ...

Scientists at CERN’s ATLAS experiment have uncovered compelling evidence of Higgs bosons decaying into muons, an incredibly rare event that could deepen our understanding of how particles acquire mass ...

One of the ultimate goals of medieval alchemy has been realized, but only for a fraction of a second. Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, were able to ...

Scientists are exploring the bold concept of building a super-collider around the Moon, an idea that could revolutionise our understanding of particle physics and the cosmos. Similar to the Large ...

Alchemists eat your heart out. Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider achieved the once-impossible dream of alchemists by turning lead into gold — but only for a split second. The world’s largest ...

In the 1980s, America began building the most ambitious science project in history: a 52-mile particle accelerator in Waxahachie, Texas. Known as the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), it was ...

Physicists from the ATLAS collaboration at the European Organization for Nuclear Research — including members of Penn’s ATLAS group — have been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in fundamental ...