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.
Read article 'Scoping out the Einstein Telescope'
Activities are gathering pace at two sites in Europe where the Einstein Telescope, a proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatory, may be built.
Read article 'LHC at 10: the physics legacy'
The LHC’s physics programme has transformed our understanding of elementary particles, writes Michelangelo Mangano.
Read article 'A labour of love'
Ten years on from the LHC's first high-energy collisions, Mark Rayner interviews some of the foremost detector experts on what it took to keep the experiments fighting fit.
Read article 'Bang, beam, bump, boson'
Bringing the LHC to life and steering it beyond its design performance has been a rollercoaster journey for those at the helm, describes Mike Lamont.
