The simplest possible interaction in nature is when three identical particle lines meet at a single vertex.
On the Origin of Time is an intellectually thrilling book and a worthy sequel to Stephen Hawking’s bestsellers, writes Wolfgang Lerche.
Manjit Dosanjh and Steinar Stapnes tell the Courier about the need to disrupt the market for a technology that is indispensable when treating cancer.
Andrzej Buras explains how two rare kaon decays and four rare B-meson decays will soon probe for new physics beyond the reach of direct searches at colliders.
In February this year, the DUNE experiment completed the excavation of three enormous caverns 1.5 kilometres below the surface at the new Sanford Underground Research Facility.
Sudhir Malik reports on an initiative by the US CMS collaboration to increase opportunities for under-represented students in high-energy physics.
How big is a neutrino? Results from BeEST set new limits on the size of the neutrino’s wave packet, but theorists are at odds over how to interpret the data.
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The platform technologies that underpin Europe’s large-scale research facilities
Geared for discovery more so than delicacy, the LHC is defying expectations by rivalling lepton colliders for precision.
A new result from the ALICE collaboration has now added fresh intrigue to interpretations of hadronisation – the process by which quarks and gluons become confined inside colour-...
In a new measurement, ATLAS has turned its attention to the comparison of W decays to muons and electrons.
Being the most massive known elementary particle, top quarks are a focus for precision measurements and searches for new phenomena.
The LHCb collaboration recently measured a set of parameters that determine the matter–antimatter oscillation of the neutral D meson with unprecedented precision.
A first-of-its-kind experiment performed at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL) in Hamburg, Germany, has placed new constraints on axion-like particles in a mass...
In their new text, Georg Viehhauser and Tony Weidberg offer an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the intricate world of particle detectors, writes Fabio Sauli.
It is rare and inspiring to be able to read the memoirs of a person who has celebrated their 100th birthday and yet is still exceptionally inquisitive and reflective, writes Albrec...
The 15th edition of Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei (EINN) attracted 100 delegates to Paphos in Cyprus.
The Einstein Telescope requires a new underground infrastructure in the form of a triangle with 10 km-long arms.
In April, CERN and the US government released a joint statement of intent concerning future planning for large research infrastructures, advanced scientific computing and open scie...
Accelerator physicist Phil Bryant, who made significant contributions to machines at CERN and beyond, passed away on 15 April 2024.