SpaceX is quietly adding a new kind of machine to its arsenal in Florida, not a rocket or a satellite but a cyclotron ...

It will serve an extremely important purpose. The post SpaceX Is Building Its Own Particle Accelerator appeared first on Futurism.

SpaceX is developing its own particle accelerator, a cyclotron, in Florida to study the effects of radiation on its spacecraft and accelerate development across all vehicles.

If you have ever had a PET scan at a hospital or heard about radiation treatment for cancer or brain tumours, there's a good chance a cyclotron was involved. But what is a cyclotron and how is it used ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady the famous periodic table of elements one atom at a time where it's gone a ...

Amateur cyclotron builders are dedicated, tenacious, and obsessed. Another thing they have in common: The experience changes their lives. If the only thing amateur car builders needed was a ride to ...

The controls are to the left and the cyclotron is to the right with shields closed. View Slideshow Albert Swank Jr., a 55-year-old civil engineer in Anchorage, Alaska, is a man with a mission. He ...

One morning this month, George Hamawy, Columbia University’s director of radiation safety, stood before a group of students crowded into a basement laboratory and delivered a eulogy for one of the ...

A man inspects a cyclotron's magnet frame under construction at Columbia University's Nevis Lab, Irvington, New York, 1947.Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images In the world of technology, what ...