In a historic first for the laboratory, CERN has received $1 billion in private donations to support the development of the ...

Mark Thomson takes the reins at the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next ...

A scientist who achieved worldwide fame with the discovery of the so-called 'God particle' left a £3.2 million fortune.

Today we’re diving into the Large Hadron Collider - the 17-mile underground machine designed to slam protons together at near light speed and expose the universe’s smallest secrets. It’s a ...

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China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator has reshaped the global race ...

China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator marked a sharp turn in the global race to probe the Higgs boson and the fabric of the universe. The ...

The Large Hadron Collider is entering a rare quiet spell, with its proton collisions halted so engineers can prepare the machine for a more powerful future. The shutdown is not a sign of trouble so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of a tunnel inside the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. - Richard Juilliart/Shutterstock Planned to be the largest particle ...

SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 25: The Large Hadron Collider, Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator which will probe deeper into matter than ever - This is the next step of CERN - The workers ...