Read article 'How dark matter became a particle'
Astronomers have long contemplated the possibility that there may be forms of matter in the universe that are imperceptible, either because they are too far away, too dim or intrinsically invisible. L...
Read article 'Physics at its limits'
A 100 km-circumference collider would address many of the outstanding questions in modern particle physics.
Read article 'Doubting darkness'
An interview with Erik Verlinde, who argues that dark matter is an illusion caused by an incomplete understanding of gravity.
Read article 'The two-loop explosion'
Studying matter at the highest energies possible has transformed our understanding of the microscopic world. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which generates proton collisions at the highest ener...
Read article 'Looking forward to photon–photon physics'
As its name suggests, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes hadrons into one another – protons, to be precise. The energy from these collisions gets converted into matter, producing new pa...
Read article 'A 30-year adventure with heavy ions'
Heavy-ion and proton–proton collisions at ultrarelativistic energies provide a unique system with which to investigate the dynamics of matter in the early universe. By generating an incredibly hot a...
Read article 'Exotic hadrons bend the rules'
Half a century after the quark model was devised, a number of hadrons appear to challenge its axioms. But are they truly exotic?
Read article 'ProtoDUNE revealed'
This 11 m-high structure with thick steel walls will soon contain a prototype detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a major international project based in the US for studying...
Read article 'On the trail of the HL-LHC magnets'
Inside the IB3 Tech Building at Fermilab on the outskirts of Chicago, a heavy-duty machine several metres long slowly winds a flat superconducting cable. Watching the bespoke coil winder – called th...
Read article 'Going underground'
The High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project at CERN is a major upgrade that will extend the LHC’s discovery potential significantly. Approved in June 2014 and due to enter operation in the mid-2020s, t...
