Read article 'The quest for gravitational waves'
The gravitational waves emitted by accelerated masses were predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity as long ago as 1916, but so far remain undetected.
Read article 'Challenging the Big Bang: a longer history of time'
Conventional dogma says that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything. Here, Gabriele Veneziano of CERN challenges this view. He believes that the Big Bang is the biggest thing that the universe ...
Read article 'Electron–positron pioneer'
In 1960 Bruno Touschek gave a talk on electron-positron collisions that would change the face of physics. Last November, 20 years after his death, physicists gathered to celebrate Touschek's work.
Read article 'More light on the Cherenkov effect'
Cherenkov radiation is one of the main techniques for particle identification, but details of the underlying theory are still under debate.
Read article 'The prospects for particle physics'
The second of two articles, in which as his five-year mandate as Director-General of CERN nears its end, Chris Llewellyn Smith reflects on what particle physics has achieved, and where it may be go...
