That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum timepiece ...

CERN, or the European Organization for Nuclear Research, restarted its Large Hadron Collider after a regular winter stop for maintenance. CERN is not reactivating the accelerator in connection with ...

If you don't mind having your mind scrambled by facts about the universe, quantum physics and our understanding of space and the beginning of time, then a visit is in order to see one of the planet's ...

In a recent experiment, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN produced particles believed to have only existed in the moments following the Big Bang. This remarkable achievement offers valuable ...

The ATLAS particle detector at CERN. It uses a calorimeter to measure the energies of particles that fly off after each proton collision. Maximilien Brice/CERN An image taken inside the tunnel ...