Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator ...

Plasma-based accelerators use plasmas to increase the ... with low (degree-level) proton beam divergence from a laser pulse focused onto a water sheet target, potentially mitigating the need ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma ... at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence ...

China’s first self-developed heavy ion accelerator facility for cancer treatment is used in radiotherapy for cancer ... Relevant treatment methods include photon beam radiation therapy that uses gamma ...

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Jets are created when a quark or gluon within a proton or neutron in one of RHIC's ion beams collides intensely with a quark or gluon in the nuclear particles that make up the beam traveling in ...

The ions, now forming a high-speed plasma beam, push the spacecraft forward. Compared to chemical rockets, EP systems are much more fuel-efficient, enabling spacecraft to travel farther while ...

Scientists at the PHENIX experiment at RHIC have uncovered compelling evidence that even collisions involving small nuclei ...