collider
noun
col·lid·er
kə-ˈlī-dər 
: a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide
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That has led scientists to propose and plan even larger and more powerful particle colliders to explore this as-yet undiscovered country of physics.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Researchers estimate the collider created 86 billion gold nuclei ‒ about 29 trillionths of a gram, in four major experiments between 2015 and 2018, according to Nature.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
While vital information has been gleaned from such head-on collisions, most encounters inside the collider are indirect.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Then there’s the technological promise: Already, superconductivity has enabled the development of MRI machines and powerful particle colliders.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Researchers estimate the collider created 86 billion gold nuclei ‒ about 29 trillionths of a gram, in four major experiments between 2015 and 2018, according to Nature.
—George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025
While vital information has been gleaned from such head-on collisions, most encounters inside the collider are indirect.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Then there’s the technological promise: Already, superconductivity has enabled the development of MRI machines and powerful particle colliders.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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