Read article 'The roots and fruits of string theory'
The roots and fruits of string theory
"People say that string theory doesn’t make predictions, but that’s simply not true."
Read article 'The roots and fruits of string theory'
Read article 'Master of the muon’s magnetic moment: Francis Farley 1920–2018'
Master of the muon’s magnetic moment: Francis Farley 1920–2018
He received many honours, including election to a fellow of the Royal Society and the Hughes Medal for his work at CERN on g-2.
Read article 'Believing in science for peace: Ishfaq Ahmad 1930–2018'
Believing in science for peace: Ishfaq Ahmad 1930–2018
His avid support for the International Centre for Theoretical Physics was based on his strong belief in science as a vehicle of peace and development.
Read article 'Adventuring to the centre of the proton: Richard Taylor 1929–2018'
Adventuring to the centre of the proton: Richard Taylor 1929–2018
Taylor was the co-recipient of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of scaling in deep-inelastic electron–proton scattering.
Read article 'A bulwark of CERN detector development: Ferdinand Hahn 1959–2018'
A bulwark of CERN detector development: Ferdinand Hahn 1959–2018
Enthusiastic and highly skilled colleague
Read article 'Revealer of neutral currents: Violette Brisson 1934–2018'
Revealer of neutral currents: Violette Brisson 1934–2018
Highly respected member of the French particle-physics community
Read article 'Radio-frequency maestro: Daniel Boussard 1937–2018'
Radio-frequency maestro: Daniel Boussard 1937–2018
Outstanding inventor and leader
Read article 'A prolific quantum mechanic: Aharon Casher 1941–2018'
A prolific quantum mechanic: Aharon Casher 1941–2018
Key and long-lasting contributions across theoretical physics
Read article 'Transmitting Fermi’s legacy: Raoul Gatto 1930–2017'
Transmitting Fermi’s legacy: Raoul Gatto 1930–2017
A big loss for science and for a whole generation of particle theorists
Read article 'All change'
All change
Ninety years after the famous photograph of the 1927 Solvay conference, the University of Trento and the Italian Physical Society created a more modern picture.
