Applications Feature Building Gargantua Oliver James describes the visual effects which produced the black hole in Interstellar.
Applications News Hadron therapy to get heavier in Southeast Europe Design phase begins for SEEIIST, a centre for internationally competitive research founded in the spirit of the CERN model.
Applications News CERN and ESA join forces in harsh environments CERN has signed a collaboration agreement with the European Space Agency to address the challenges of harsh radiation environments.
Applications Review The cutting edge of cancer research In recent years, physicists have contributed insights into the interplay of phenomena at different scales.
Applications News Austrian synchrotron debuts carbon-ion cancer treatment MedAustron becomes one of six centres worldwide to treat tumours with carbon ions.
Applications Meeting report FuSuMaTech initiative levels up Projects include new designs for MRI gradient coils, the design of 14 and 16 T MRI magnets, and a conceptual design for new mammography magnets.
Detectors Feature Deciphering elementary particles Former CERN physicist Christian Fabjan takes a whirlwind tour of 60 years of innovation in particle-detection technology at CERN and beyond.
Applications News First light for supersymmetry Ideas from supersymmetry have been used to address a longstanding challenge in optics – how to suppress unwanted spatial modes that limit the beam quality of high-power lasers.
Detectors Feature Cosmic research poles apart Two independent groups are going to Earth’s extremes to make unprecedented measurements for physics, education and the environment.
Applications Feature J-PET’s plastic revolution A PET detector based on plastic scintillators offers whole-body imaging in addition to precision tests of fundamental symmetries.