Large Hadron Collider

Lead-proton collisions yield surprising resultsUnexpected 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 ColliderMIT 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 plasmaBy colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.

Crossing a threshold of particle physicsScientists celebrate as the Large Hadron Collider achieves its highest-energy collisions yet.

Record-breaking collisionsInitial results from high-energy proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier.