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Researchers using CERN's Large Hadron Collider found that experiments with lead nuclei caused the element to briefly transmute into gold.

Scientists Accidentally Turned Lead Into Gold

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to former particle physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, the state of the field of particle physics is misguided and wasteful.

Former Particle Physicist Absolutely Annihilates the Field of Particle Physics

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The energy crisis in Europe has gotten so bad that CERN is considering idling the Large Hadron Collider to save energy amid potential rationing.

Europe’s Energy Crisis Is So Bad It May Have to Idle CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

By Noor Al-Sibai

Several conspiracy theories involving the Mandela effect and portal opening have gone viral, and CERN scientists are trying to counter the misinformation.

Science & Energy

CERN Scientists Annoyed That People Think They’re Ripping a Hole in Reality

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a new piece for Big Think, Hartsfield argues that massive particle accelerators simply aren't worth the colossal amounts of money and effort.

Physicist Begs Colleagues Not to Build Another Large Hadron Collider

By Victor Tangermann

Using the Large Hadron Collider, scientists figured out the primordial goo called quark-gluon plasma created by the Big Bang behaved like liquid water.

Science & Energy

The Early Universe Was a Vast Liquid Ocean, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

The Large Hadron Collider Just Discovered a Brand-New Particle

By Dan Robitzski

The Large Hadron Collider was shut down for routine maintenance on Monday. Come 2021, CERN scientists will have equipped it with all new accelerators.

The Large Hadron Collider Just Shut Down

By Dan Robitzski

Particle accelerators can lead to major breakthroughs in our understanding of the universe, and now, we may have a better way to create them.

An Acceleration Breakthrough Could Fundamentally Change How We Study Particles

By Kristin Houser

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CERN’s New Particle Accelerator Is Ready to Launch

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A New Discovery by the LHC Hints at Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Physicists Just Showed That Quantum Entanglement Is a Physical Reality

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Physicists Just Showed That Quantum Entanglement Is a Physical Reality

Will the LHC Prove the Existence of Higher Dimensions?

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Will the LHC Prove the Existence of Higher Dimensions?

By Robert Sanders

Physics Has a Problem – The Large Hadron Collider Is Running out of Disk Space

Physics Has a Problem – The Large Hadron Collider Is Running out of Disk Space

By Jelor Gallego

Tetraquark Evidence Mounts with Help from the Large Hadron Collider

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Tetraquark Evidence Mounts with Help from the Large Hadron Collider

By Cecille De Jesus

The Biggest Bang: LHC Reaches New Record High Energies With Heavy Nuclei Collisions

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The Biggest Bang: LHC Reaches New Record High Energies With Heavy Nuclei Collisions

By Miguel Santos