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Linear accelerators (linacs) are pivotal instruments that utilise high-power radio frequency (RF) fields to accelerate charged particles for applications ranging from fundamental physics research ...

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The first results of the ETH Zurich and ANSTO collaboration focused on silicon carbide (SiC) devices have been reported in two publications.

Physicists have recreated the mechanism behind cosmic ray acceleration in a lab for the first time using ultracold atoms and a device no bigger than a human hair. Scientists have achieved a major brea ...

Mark Hanhardt, experiment support scientist at Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), jokes that he resolved to get as ...

A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into ...

The IAEA has released a new publication on electrostatic accelerator operation and management and launched a series of training workshops on accelerator technologies. From analysing cultural heritage ...

A rather unassuming particle is playing an important role in the hunt for subatomic oddities. Similar to protons and neutrons ...

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.