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Using Ultrafast Laser, ‘Mini’ Particle Accelerator Sets New Energy Record

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2019

Smaller accelerators will be more affordable. In the hands...

Much like the computer chips that made Gordon Moore famous, the accelerator on a chip could dramatically shrink the size of accelerator technology to benefit society. Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Particle Accelerators May Soon Be Within Reach of the Developing World

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/11/2015

In the last decade, tabletop accelerators have inched closer...