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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Those fears will no doubt again be widespread when a new collider arrives.
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Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
The 200+200 giga-electron volt proton-proton collider was designed to use advanced superconducting magnets cooled by a massive helium refrigeration system to produce high-energy collisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Future particle experiments will need powerful colliders that generate millions of events per second.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
The center of gravity for nuclear physics moved back to Europe after American funding for a new collider collapsed in 1993.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
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Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
The 200+200 giga-electron volt proton-proton collider was designed to use advanced superconducting magnets cooled by a massive helium refrigeration system to produce high-energy collisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Future particle experiments will need powerful colliders that generate millions of events per second.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
The center of gravity for nuclear physics moved back to Europe after American funding for a new collider collapsed in 1993.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
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