Researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip
Subatomic particle collisions illustration (stock image).Credit: © Peter Jurik / Adobe Stock On a hillside above Stanford University, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory operates a scientific instrument nearly 2 miles long. In this giant accelerator, a stream of electrons flows through a vacuum pipe, as bursts of microwave radiation nudge the particles ever-faster forward until their […]
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