Swinging for the fencesThe term “particle accelerator” might lead most people to envision long underground tunnels stretching tens of kilometers and rooms full of large, bulky devices, but for years, researchers around the world have been pursuing smaller, lower cost and more efficient alternatives that have myriad potential applications in various scientific and medical fields. The Moore Foundation has funded such an effort for the past eight years through the Accelerator on a Chip, or ACHIP, i...