Read article 'Joined-up thinking in vacuum science'
Joined-up thinking in vacuum science
CERN is home to an international effort to develop the next generation of gravitational-wave telescopes.
Read article 'Joined-up thinking in vacuum science'
Read article 'Cryogenics at FAIR: adaptability is key'
Cryogenics at FAIR: adaptability is key
Cryogenics is a core enabling technology in the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), which is under construction in Germany.
Read article 'Event displays in motion'
Event displays in motion
The LHC and the Higgs-boson discovery not only accelerated science, but also took event displays to a new level.
Read article 'CERN’s neutrino odyssey'
CERN’s neutrino odyssey
The backstory and legacy of the Gargamelle collaboration’s epochal discovery of neutral currents 50 years ago.
Read article 'Five sigma revisited'
Five sigma revisited
Louis Lyons traces the origins of the “five sigma” criterion in particle physics, and asks whether it remains a relevant marker for claiming the discovery of new physics.
Read article 'Extreme detector design for a future circular collider'
Extreme detector design for a future circular collider
A pileup of 1000 proton–proton collisions per bunch-crossing is just one of the challenges in extracting physics from a next-generation hadron collider to follow the LHC.
Read article 'RadiaSoft rewrites the rulebook on modelling and optimisation of multi-stage accelerators'
RadiaSoft rewrites the rulebook on modelling and optimisation of multi-stage accelerators
“Robust software solutions that deliver step-function advances in accelerator design, engineering and research productivity.” Writ large, that’s the unifying goal shaping the day-to-day work of ...
Read article 'Europe targets a user facility for plasma acceleration'
Europe targets a user facility for plasma acceleration
EuPRAXIA project aims to provide a practical path to new accelerator facilities and ultimately to higher beam energies.
Read article 'The Cabibbo angle, 60 years later'
The Cabibbo angle, 60 years later
Nicola Cabibbo's short 1963 paper paved the way to the modern unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions.
Read article 'Cosmic rays for cultural heritage'
Cosmic rays for cultural heritage
Taking advantage of detectors used for particle physics, cosmogenic muons are becoming powerful tools for non-destructive imaging of large structures such as pyramids.
