Using a slingshot to launch things into space sounds like an ambitious Evel Knievel trick. But, later this year, NASA is doing just that—but with a payload. The space agency has partnered with space ...

One of the most exciting things about NASA signing on to test SpinLaunch's system is the number of possibilities that it unlocks for getting more satellites to space. Currently, getting new spacecraft ...

IOTA, the new test accelerator, gives researchers rich and varied opportunities to dive deep into the physics of particle beams. On August 21, a beam of electrons successfully circulated for the first ...

This release was issued on September 21, 2010, by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Batavia, Ill.—Officials at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today ...

The home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator, is getting a new machine — and this time, the whole point is to keep it small. On September 18, the council that ...

With early-stage capital front-loading the EdTech investment spectrum, it’s a good time to start an education business. (Even if investors are still wary about doling out larger rounds, but ssshhh on ...

The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has started phase II of the construction of a pioneering facility to advance a technology that will be critical to the next generation ...