Read article 'Hands-on education at the frontiers of science'
Founded in 2014 at the time of CERN’s 60th birthday, the Beamline for Schools competition inspires and trains the youngest researchers in science.
Read article 'The roots and fruits of string theory'
"People say that string theory doesn’t make predictions, but that’s simply not true."
Read article 'J-PET’s plastic revolution'
A PET detector based on plastic scintillators offers whole-body imaging in addition to precision tests of fundamental symmetries.
Read article 'Electron–ion collider on the horizon'
The National Academy of Sciences in the US finds a compelling scientific case for an advanced collider that would reveal how visible matter emerges from fundamental quarks and gluons.
Read article 'Empowering Africa’s youth to shape its future'
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is part of a pan-African model for sustainable development.
Read article 'Defeating the background in the search for dark matter'
A global effort is under way to carry out a complete search for high-mass dark-matter particles using an experiment called DarkSide-20k.
Read article 'The day the world switched on to particle physics'
What was it that drove one of the biggest media events science has ever seen, and is the LHC still able to capture the public imagination?
Read article 'Elephants in the gamma-ray sky'
The discovery of large-scale features in the gamma-ray sky in approximately the same direction continues to puzzle researchers.
Read article 'Procurement at the forefront of technology'
The LHC would not exsist without good organization, innovative procurement and careful oversight
Read article 'LHC upgrade brings benefits beyond physics'
The high-luminosity LHC promises a quantifiable return to society in terms of scientific, economic and cultural value.
