Housed in a tunnel 17 miles in circumference and as deep as 574 feet underground, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is significantly bigger than any hospital, but facilities will soon be able to harness its power — in a much smaller package.
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which built the LHC in collaboration with thousands of scientists and engineers around the world, have used the same technology to create what they’ve called a miniature linear accelerator, or mini-Linac, designed to be used in hospitals for cancer treatment and to produce radioisotopes for imaging.
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