A superconducting magnet begins its journey from SLAC laboratory in California to Brookhaven Lab in New York.

Stanford and SLAC engineers observed electrons at work during catalytic reactions. Their findings challenge long-held theories about some catalysts, opening the door to new...

The Cosmic Microwave Background, leftover light from the big bang, carries a wealth of information about the universe—for those who can read it.

Scientists say collisions between dark matter particles might be the cause of a curious excess of gamma-ray light coming from the center of our...

From accelerators unexpectedly beneath your feet to a ferret that once cleaned accelerator components, symmetry shares some lesser-known facts about particle accelerators.

An analysis using LHC data verifies the existence of an exotic four-quark hadron.

During a day of talks at Stanford University, theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind explained “Why I Teach Physics to Old Codgers, and How It Got...

A new trigger system will expand what ATLAS scientists can look for during high-energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.

The recent BICEP2 discovery of evidence for cosmic inflation might point to new physics.