Particle Physics

Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.

Physicists are a bit like chefs, except they’re trying to figure out the recipe for the universe.

Melissa Valdez talks about her exciting work on antimatter at CERN when she was a graduate student at York University.

Learn about the different types of radiation, how they interact with atoms and how they can affect you.

One of the greatest hazards that humans in space face is cosmic radiation. Learn what cosmic radiation is, why it's dangerous, and ways that we are looking at protecting humans in deep space.