How do particle physics impact the health industry?

Particle physics technology can be used to disinfect syringes, bandages, scalpels, stethoscopes and other tools without damaging them. Medical equipment is sent through a series of small particle accelerators and bombarded with beams of electrons or X-rays.

What is particle physics used for?

Biomedical scientists use particle physics technologies to decipher the structure of proteins, information that is key to understanding biological processes and healing disease.

What are the uses of particle?

Smaller particle accelerators are used in a wide variety of applications, including particle therapy for oncological purposes, radioisotope production for medical diagnostics, ion implanters for manufacture of semiconductors, and accelerator mass spectrometers for measurements of rare isotopes such as radiocarbon.

How do they make new elements?

A new element is made by adding a proton (or more than one) or neutron to a pre-existing element. This can be done by smashing protons or neutrons into atoms or by colliding atoms with each other. The last few elements in the table will have numbers or names, depending on which table you use.

What is the point of making new elements?

For nuclear physicists it is an important finding because the discovery of new elements helps define the experiments to go on to the next element. Recognizing four new elements at one time is a big deal for those interested in the field of superheavy elements.

What are some of the uses of particle accelerators and how have these benefited society?

Particle accelerators play an important role in national security, including cargo inspection, stockpile stewardship and materials characterization. Early applications of accelerators to inspect nuclear fuels used commercial low-energy electron linear accelerators to induce photo-fission reactions.