US lab designs magnet stands for world’s first electron-ion collider
A redesigned storage system for superconducting magnets at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is expected…
45,000-lb stands solve giant magnet storage problem for US collider
A US student has designed massive storage stands that are capable of supporting up to 45,000 pounds of…
The “Glue” Inside Protons May Hold the Secret to Matter’s Identity
This image shows how, upon impact in a collision (left), a proton’s three valence quarks (u, u, d)…
China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance
A US laboratory that once dominated the field of superconducting magnets is now hoping to buy Chinese technology…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space
The universe looks like it is mostly empty space. Remove the stars, planets, dust, and gas, and what…
Scientists observe particles emerging from nothing
Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first…
America’s Largest Particle Collider Just Shut Down. Here’s What Happens Next
As foretold, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—among the most powerful heavy-ion colliders in the world, second only to…
Quantum vacuum exposed as collider turns virtual particles into matter
US physicists have shed light on a long-standing mystery after they captured rare experimental evidence that links the…