Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

The model we have for understanding the universe’s fundamental particles is a bit like a gearbox: one tiny change to any one single particles’ properties throws off the mechanics of the other ...

Cosmic rays are extremely fast, charged particles that travel through space at nearly the speed of light. The Amaterasu ...

Researchers have started to discover that some of the biggest problems in the world can be addressed by working on some of the smallest scales. In order to perform accurate work on the micrometer and ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...