One such marvel is the early cyclotron: a huge, proto-atom smasher that led to, among other things, key breakthroughs in the study of subatomic particles and, in a sense, to the later Atomic Age ...

Hamawy was referring to the school’s decision to get rid of what was left of its cyclotron, a particle accelerator that had been used in some of the experiments that led to the development of ...

A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator that moves protons, one kind of charged particle comprising atoms, along a spiral path to strike a target. What does it do? Particle/proton accelerators ...

Intrigued by the Lawrence cyclotron, promoters of the Golden Gate International Exposition asked if they could borrow it to smash atoms for next year’s fair. Physicist Lawrence, who was deep in ...

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.