Read article 'Execution mode'
Execution mode
Norbert Holtkamp returns to Fermilab with a clear mandate: deliver DUNE, honour the laboratory’s legacy of bold leadership and reaffirm big science’s responsibility to society.
Read article 'Execution mode'
Norbert Holtkamp returns to Fermilab with a clear mandate: deliver DUNE, honour the laboratory’s legacy of bold leadership and reaffirm big science’s responsibility to society.
Read article 'Policymaking with data'
James Robinson reflects on a journey from the ATLAS collaboration to the Environment and Sustainability programme at the Alan Turing Institute.
Read article 'Eiffel honour for women physicists'
The list spans nearly 250 years and multiple disciplinary domains.
Read article 'Antonino Zichichi 1929–2026'
Antonino Zichichi, one of the most influential figures in high-energy physics and a towering presence in Italian scientific culture, passed away in Rome on 9 February 2026, at the...
Read article 'When accelerators turn into sweaters'
Edited by Mónica Bello, In the Spaces Between is a sustained reflection on the long-running Arts at CERN programme.
Read article 'Michele Parrinello Award honours innovation in computational physical science'
Open-access publisher MDPI has launched a biennial award recognising senior academics in computational physical science.
Read article 'Erich Lohrmann 1931–2026'
Erich Lohrmann, an experimental physicist who shaped the research programme at DESY, passed away on 10 January 2026 at the age of 94.
Read article 'Matts Roos 1931–2025'
Matts Roos, who promoted the international standardisation of high-energy-physics data and developed the popular statistical minimisation system, passed away on 25 November 2025 in...
Read article 'Chen-Ning Yang 1922–2025'
Chen-Ning Yang, a towering figure in science who shaped contemporary theoretical physics, passed away on 18 October 2025.
Read article 'European Strategy Group recommends FCC-ee'
The European Strategy Group has recommended FCC-ee as the preferred option for the next flagship collider at CERN.
Read article 'Private donors pledge support for FCC'
Private donors have pledged funds towards the construction of the Future Circular Collider.
Read article 'George Smoot 1945–2025'
George Smoot, who led the team that first measured tiny fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, passed away on 18 September 2025.
Read article 'Rohini Godbole 1952–2024'
Rohini Madhusudan Godbole, one of India’s most influential particle physicists, passed away on 25 October 2024.
Read article 'Vienna’s new hub for particle physics'
On 7 November 2025, the Austrian Academy of Sciences inaugurated the Marietta Blau Institute for Particle Physics.
Read article 'Hendrik Verweij 1931–2025'
Hendrik Verweij, who was for many years a driving force in the development of electronics for high-energy physics, passed away on 11 August 2025.
Read article 'Ten windows on the future of particle physics'
Paris Sphicas highlights key takeaways from the briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Read article 'The physicist who fought war and cancer'
Subatomic physics has shaped both the conduct of war and the treatment of cancer. Joseph Rotblat, who left the Manhattan Project on moral grounds and later advanced radiotherapy, e...
Read article 'Michele Arneodo 1959–2025'
Michele Arneodo, professor of physics at the University of Piemonte Orientale and chairperson elect of the CMS Collaboration Board, passed away on 12 August 2025.