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 'Memories of quarkonia'
Read article 'Hidden treasures'
Hidden treasures
As the LHC surpasses one exabyte of stored data, Cristinel Diaconu and Ulrich Schwickerath call for new collaborations to join a global effort in data preservation.
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 'Quantum simulators in high-energy physics'
Quantum simulators in high-energy physics
Enrique Rico Ortega and Sofia Vallecorsa explain how quantum computing will allow physicists to model complex dynamics, from black-hole evaporation to neutron-star interiors.
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 'Sensing at quantum limits'
Sensing at quantum limits
Quantum sensors have become important tools in low-energy particle physics. Michael Doser explores opportunities to exploit their unparalleled precision at higher energies.
Read article 'The minimalism of many worlds'
The minimalism of many worlds
David Wallace argues for the ‘decoherent view’ of quantum mechanics, where at the fundamental level there is neither probability nor wavefunction collapse.
Read article 'Discovering the neutrino sky'
Discovering the neutrino sky
Lu Lu looks forward to the next two decades of neutrino astrophysics, exploring the remarkable detector concepts needed to probe ultra-high energies from 1 EeV to 1 ZeV.
Read article 'Accelerators on autopilot'
Accelerators on autopilot
Verena Kain highlights four ways machine learning is making the LHC more efficient.
Read article 'Powering into the future'
Powering into the future
Nuria Catalan Lasheras and Igor Syratchev explain why klystrons are strategically important to the future of the field – and how CERN plans to boost their efficiency above 90%.
