Particle accelerators are often framed as exotic machines built only to chase obscure particles, but they are really precision tools that use electric fields and magnets to steer tiny beams of matter ...

At the same time, a current of cold electrons travels toward the heated plasma from the opposite direction. When the two meet, the plasma develops filament-shaped instabilities that SLAC’s facilities ...

In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That's harder than it sounds. Memory storage, information processing, and energy use in these ...

The Internet History Initiative wants future historians to have a chance to understand how human progress and technical ...

The legal battle between Duke Health and WakeMed over a cancer-fighting linear accelerator has a David vs. Goliath flavor ...

Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...

Tanja Meissner, director of Berlinale Pro, a role that includes management of the European Film Market, points to a number of highlights in this year's event, which wraps Wednesday. First, is the ...

Inertia Enterprises, a commercial fusion energy company, announced a $450 million investment "to bring limitless clean energy ...

This study explores a groundbreaking theoretical method to neutralize high-level radioactive waste using lead oxide (PbO) ...

At SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, scientists from across the globe are using advanced X-rays to find a long-lost map of the galaxy by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus.

At SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, scientists from across the globe are using advanced X-rays to find a long-lost map of the galaxy by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus.