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To mimic conditions on the moon, the researchers built a custom apparatus that included a vacuum chamber, where the samples were placed, and a tiny particle accelerator, which the scientists used to bombard the samples with hydrogen ions for several days.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
On one end, near Chicago, a particle accelerator at Fermilab will generate an intense neutrino beam pointed precisely (through Earth’s crust) at the Black Hills of South Dakota.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Striking workers also include operators of particle accelerators, mechanical technicians, radiation control technicians and other workers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, an energy research center that the university system manages on behalf of the federal government.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
An image of the scroll was created by X-ray scans at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.’s national synchrotron science facility — synchrotron refers to a type of circular particle accelerator that can produce extremely bright beams of light, giving a non-invasive view of the scroll’s contents.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
On one end, near Chicago, a particle accelerator at Fermilab will generate an intense neutrino beam pointed precisely (through Earth’s crust) at the Black Hills of South Dakota.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Striking workers also include operators of particle accelerators, mechanical technicians, radiation control technicians and other workers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, an energy research center that the university system manages on behalf of the federal government.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
An image of the scroll was created by X-ray scans at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.’s national synchrotron science facility — synchrotron refers to a type of circular particle accelerator that can produce extremely bright beams of light, giving a non-invasive view of the scroll’s contents.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Particle accelerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle%20accelerator. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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