After an almost two-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is beginning to fire back up for its next phase of probing the mysteries of physics. Its newest particle ...

Particle accelerators are among the most intricate scientific instruments ever devised. With millions of sensors and thousands of subsystems at risk of failure, these accelerators' human operators ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The medical linear accelerator, commonly known as LINAC ...

A new linear accelerator for calibrating the energy doses delivered during radiotherapy has been unveiled at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK. Costing £1.5m, the new accelerator (or ...

This Collection showcases original research on linear accelerator (LINAC) technologies, covering topics from the design and optimisation of LINAC components and beam diagnostics, to emerging ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug.10, 2018 -- The first full characterization measurement of an accelerator beam in six dimensions will advance the understanding and performance of current and planned ...

It takes years of on-the-job training to learn the ins and outs of particle accelerator operation. Despite the fact that accelerator operators are essential to keeping an accelerator laboratory afloat ...

Take a walk along the hall that houses Fermilab's linear accelerator, and you'll see tall sets of brightly lit shelves that resemble fancy vending machines. But instead of snacks and beverages, they ...