CERN is the world leader of the exploration of particle physics, thanks to its 27-kilometer atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider. Now, the Swiss-based research facility has officially completed the ...

Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold. Today, we know that lead and gold are different elements, and no amount of chemistry can turn one into the other. But our modern knowledge ...

Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It's a tightly packed bundle of protons and neutrons that makes up the atomic core, defines its elemental identity, and contains most of ...

MEYRIN, Switzerland - The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter ...

Scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, have unveiled ambitious plans for a colossal new atom smasher, the Future Circular Collider (FCC). This proposed successor to the ...

In the suburbs of Geneva, the future of humanity’s unending journey into the world of particle physics is being planned. The Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (translation: European ...