Lead-proton collisions yield surprising results
Unexpected data from the Large Hadron Collider suggest the collisions may be producing a new type of matter.
First heavy ion collisions in the Large Hadron Collider
MIT physicists are leading one of the experiments analyzing new data.
A step closer to Big Bang conditions?
More study is needed to confirm the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider, reported by CERN physicists last week.
Explained: Quark-gluon plasma
By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.
Crossing a threshold of particle physics
Scientists celebrate as the Large Hadron Collider achieves its highest-energy collisions yet.
Record-breaking collisions
Initial results from high-energy proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier.