The ATLAS particle detector at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) outside Geneva is 150 ft. long, 82 ft. high, weighs 7,000 tons, and contains enough cable and wiring to wrap around ...

In the early morning hours Wednesday, physicists in Switzerland may announce that they’ve discovered the elusive “God Particle,” aka the Higgs boson. For more than half a century, the Higgs has been ...

Peter Higgs, the “truly gifted scientist” who demonstrated the existence of the subatomic particle, has died aged 94. Higgs, an emeritus professor at Edinburgh University, won a Nobel prize and a host ...

The Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle, the 80th identified so far by the world's most powerful particle ...

To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it “consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson _ ...

We’ve heard this clamoring before, but after years of experimenting and hypothesizing, the UK Telegraph says that CERN—keepers of the Large Hadron Collider—will hold a press conference on July 4 to ...

The Future Circular Collider would have a circumference of 91 kilometres, at an average depth of 200 metres Mark Thomson is the new director-general at the European Organization for Nuclear Research ...

Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of dollars needed to build by far the world's biggest particle accelerator. CERN, ...