Read article 'Die urknallmaschine'
Die urknallmaschine
Die Urknallmaschine (The Big Bang Machine) by Barbara Warmbein offers an authentic glimpse into the research at CERN.
Read article 'Die urknallmaschine'
Read article 'Eiffel honour for women physicists'
Eiffel honour for women physicists
The list spans nearly 250 years and multiple disciplinary domains.
Read article 'Physics labs under the lens'
Physics labs under the lens
16 laboratories across Asia, Europe and North America opened their doors for the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk.
Read article 'When accelerators turn into sweaters'
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 'If Einstein had known'
If Einstein had known
Si Einstein avait su, by Alain Aspect, Odile Jacob.
Read article 'Memories of quarkonia'
Memories of quarkonia
As the story of quarkonia draws to a close, John Ellis shares personal recollections of five decades of discoveries and debates about the simplest composite objects in QCD.
Read article 'Nineteen sixty-four'
Nineteen sixty-four
Michael Riordan chronicles 1964, the year that saw the birth of the quark model, the Higgs mechanism, and the discovery of CP violation and the cosmic microwave background.
Read article 'Four ways to interpret quantum mechanics'
Four ways to interpret quantum mechanics
Carlo Rovelli describes the major schools of thought on how to make sense of a purely quantum world.
Read article 'Quantum theory returns to Helgoland'
Quantum theory returns to Helgoland
The takeaway from Helgoland 2025 was that the foundations of quantum mechanics, though strongly built on Helgoland 100 years ago, remain open to interpretation.
Read article 'Quantum culture'
Quantum culture
Kanta Dihal explores why quantum mechanics captures the imagination of writers – and how ‘quantum culture’ affects the public understanding of science.
