The roots and fruits of string theory
"People say that string theory doesn’t make predictions, but that’s simply not true."
J-PET’s plastic revolution
A PET detector based on plastic scintillators offers whole-body imaging in addition to precision tests of fundamental symmetries.
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.
Empowering Africa’s youth to shape its future
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is part of a pan-African model for sustainable development.
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.
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?
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.
Procurement at the forefront of technology
The LHC would not exsist without good organization, innovative procurement and careful oversight
LHC upgrade brings benefits beyond physics
The high-luminosity LHC promises a quantifiable return to society in terms of scientific, economic and cultural value.
Search for WISPs gains momentum
Interest is growing in new experiments that probe dark-matter candidates such as axions and other very weakly interacting sub-eV particles.
