Photo: Four-inch copper-encased cyclotron, one of Ernest Lawrence's ealiest models When Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-1958) got his PhD in physics, the hottest topic was bombarding the atom's nucleus ...

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 ...

In the world of technology, what’s cutting-edge in the morning is often on the scrap-heap by noon. But some machines are so revolutionary, so innovative—so cool—that even years after they’ve been ...

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 ...

EAST LANSING — Michigan State University is refurbishing its K500 cyclotron — the world’s first superconducting particle accelerator — to establish a facility to test microchips, like those used in ...