Innovative Particle Smashers to Use Protons

The study of subatomic particles is, as everyone knows, mostly conducted in particle accelerators, those huge devices that accelerate protons and electrons to nearly the speed of light, and then smash them together. The ensuing collision breaks the objects into their basic components, and phy... [ read more >> ]

A sketch of the new PWFA system in action

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Image credits: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. via Wired

A sketch of the new PWFA system in action