A method to correct tiny defects in the LHC's superconducting magnets (example shown above) was crucial to the discovery of the Higgs boson, which was announced in 2012. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Every second, the LHC collides billions of protons and other atomic nuclei at almost the speed of light. These collisions allow scientists to produce and study the fundamental building blocks of ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment conducted at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have attempted to discover if the universe's heaviest ...