Read article 'Erich Lohrmann 1931–2026'
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 'Erich Lohrmann 1931–2026'
Read article 'Matts Roos 1931–2025'
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 his hometown of Hel...
Read article 'Chen-Ning Yang 1922–2025'
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 'George Smoot 1945–2025'
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 Godbole 1952–2024
Rohini Madhusudan Godbole, one of India’s most influential particle physicists, passed away on 25 October 2024.
Read article 'How I learnt to stop worrying and love QCD predictions'
How I learnt to stop worrying and love QCD predictions
Muon g-2 Theory Initiative chair Aida El-Khadra discusses conflicting datasets, disparate calculations and hot competition between research groups.
Read article 'Hendrik Verweij 1931–2025'
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 'The future of particle therapy'
The future of particle therapy
PTCOG president Marco Durante describes an exciting future for the technology and shares his vision for closer international cooperation between medicine, academia and industry.
Read article 'Polymath, humanitarian, gentleman'
Polymath, humanitarian, gentleman
Herwig Schopper, Director-General of CERN from 1981 to 1988, passed away on 19 August at the age of 101.
Read article 'The physicist who fought war and cancer'
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, embodies this dual le...
