Quantum computing, which exploits quantum phenomena such as entanglement and superposition, is rapidly gaining ground. Now, Eugene Dumitrescu from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and colleagues have used quantum machines to calculate the binding […]
Conventional thinking has it that ice is slippery due to a thin film of liquid water created by actual melting or the pressure of objects such as skate blades. Using molecular dynamics simulations of the […]
The collective dynamics of fish schooling has traditionally been approached using simple behavioural rules, with little consideration of the flow of water induced by the fish. Audrey Filella of Aix-Marseille University in France and colleagues […]
Biohybrid robots, which are based on heart or skeletal muscle tissue formed on flexible substrates, have suffered from poor agility and durability owing to tissue shrinkage and loss of function. Now, taking a cue from […]
Artificial neural networks may get a huge boost from analogue memory. Much of the time and energy that goes into training such networks is due to the need to transfer weight data between conventional digital […]
For decades, theoretical models of galaxy evolution have predicted that the supermassive black hole lying at the heart of the Milky Way is surrounded by thousands of smaller black holes left behind by dying stars. […]
Le CERN à l’aube d’un avenir lumineux • Accélération de muons au Japon • Le laboratoire Jefferson inaugure la version dernier cri du CEBAF • Un centre consacré au Higgs ouvre ses portes • WIMP: une étude sans précédent fixe de nouvelles limites • ISOLDE produit du chrome et sonde sa structure • CMS révèle la structure interne du bottomonium • Les baryons charmés se déchaînent • Mesurer les interactions du Higgs avec les fermions de troisième génération • Mesure de flux anisotropes dans les collisions Xe–Xe • Un composé chimique capable de bloquer les rhinovirus • Des trous noirs à foison au centre de la galaxie
The recent demonstration of muon ionisation-cooling by the MICE collaboration opens a path to a neutrino factory and muon collider.
The Yandex machine-learning school for high-energy physics is teaming up with experiments at CERN and beyond to train young researchers in the arts of deep learning.
Data from the ATLAS experiment is a key element in HALO, an important new commission undertaken for Art Basel, the world’s premier fair for contemporary art. It’s the latest exciting outcome of Arts at CERN, which has become a major player in the world where art and science meet.
Deep learning is bringing new levels of performance to the analysis of growing datasets in high-energy physics.
Committee to find next ERC president • Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics goes to Ooguri • James Pinfold wins a Killam Prize • Hannah Petersen awarded Zimányi Medal • Guido Altarelli Award goes to Gao and Hen • High-energy physicists elected to Royal Society • Laureates mark Standard Model anniversary • Neutrino physics shines bright in Heidelberg • LHCP reports from Bologna • Heavy-flavour highlights from Beauty 2018 • Loops and legs in quantum field theory • KEK hosts hadron-therapy symposium
Your article “ Tales of TRIUMF ” (CERN Courier May 2018 p31), mentions, in paragraph 19, “…the shutdown of the Chalk River reactor facility.” The National Research Universal (NRU) reactor was indeed shutdown for the last time on […]
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Welcome to the Universe • What goes up… Gravity and Scientific Method • Gravitational Lensing • Quantum Fields: From the Hubble to the Planck Scale • The Cosmological Singularity
Extended collaboration with Soviet scientists On 10 July a Protocol was signed by Director General W K Jentschke, representing CERN, and Deputy Chairman I G Morozov, representing the USSR State Committee for the Utilization of […]