Read article 'One Higgs, three discoveries'
The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have not only discovered a new particle, argues Yosef Nir, but also laid bare the underpinnings of electroweak interactions and uncovered the first evidence for a new ...
Read article 'Tetraquarks back in the spotlight'
A hidden-double-charm tetraquark observed recently by LHCb has reinvigorated the debate over whether tetraquarks are pairs of mesons or pairs of diquarks.
Read article 'Tuning in to neutrinos'
A new generation of accelerator and reactor experiments is opening an era of high-precision neutrino measurements.
Read article 'The search for leptonic CP violation'
Boris Kayser explains how neutrino physicists are now closing in on a crucial piece of evidence on the origin of the matter–antimatter asymmetry observed in the Universe.
Read article 'Neutron sources join the fight against COVID-19'
Advanced neutron facilities such as the Institut Laue-Langevin are gearing up to enable a deeper understanding of the structural workings of SARS-CoV-2.
Read article 'Sensing a passage through the unknown'
A global network of ultra-sensitive optical atomic magnetometers – GNOME – has begun its search for exotic fields beyond the Standard Model.
Read article 'Taming the superconductors of tomorrow'
Nb3Sn accelerator magnets for the high-luminosity LHC are a springboard to future fundamental exploration, writes Luca Bottura.
Read article 'Sketching out a muon collider'
A high-energy muon collider is receiving renewed attention as a possible frontier-exploration machine.
Read article 'AMS detector given a new lease of life'
With its new cooling system in place, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer continues its quest to understand the origin of cosmic rays.
Read article 'Synchrotrons on the coronavirus frontline'
Researchers at Diamond Light Source and other synchrotron facilities are using intense X-rays to decipher the biochemical and structural makeup of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
