Read article 'The world’s longest superconducting linac'
The world’s longest superconducting linac
The linac driving the European XFEL also serves as a prototype for a high-energy linear collider.
Read article 'The world’s longest superconducting linac'
Read article 'Discovering diamonds'
Discovering diamonds
Natural diamonds are old, almost as old as the planet itself. They mostly originated in the Earth’s mantle around 1 to 3.5 billion years ago and typically were brought to the surface during deep and...
Read article 'The Higgs adventure: five years in'
The Higgs adventure: five years in
“I think we have it, no?” was the question posed in the CERN auditorium on 4 July 2012 by Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General at the time.
Read article 'FAIR forges its future'
FAIR forges its future
Supernova explosions, neutron-star mergers and rare radioactive ions might not seem to have much connection to terrestrial matters. Yet, while the lightest elements were synthesised immediately after ...
Read article 'The founding of Fermilab'
The founding of Fermilab
Fifty years ago, physicists in the US established a new laboratory and with it a new approach to carrying out frontier research.
Read article 'Search for sterile neutrinos triples up'
Search for sterile neutrinos triples up
Fermilab’s short-baseline neutrino programme targets sterile neutrinos.
Read article 'A selection of Fermilab’s greatest hits'
A selection of Fermilab’s greatest hits
Timeline showing Fermilab’s major experimental achievements
Read article 'Revisiting the b revolution'
Revisiting the b revolution
A look back at the Fermilab experiment that unearthed the b quark.
Read article 'Baksan scales new neutrino heights'
Baksan scales new neutrino heights
On 29 June 1967, the Soviet government issued a document that gave the go-ahead to build a brand new underground facility for neutrino physics in the Baksan valley in the mountainous region of the Nor...
Read article 'Euclid to pinpoint nature of dark energy'
Euclid to pinpoint nature of dark energy
Due for launch in 2020, ESA’s Euclid probe will track galaxies and large areas of sky to find the cause of the cosmic acceleration.
