BASE tests antimatter’s dark side
Working at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator, the international BASE team has set the first laboratory limits on the interaction between antimatter and dark-matter axions
US proposal teases FCC-ee energy boost
Accelerator physicists in the US have proposed an alternative approach to the design of the proposed Future Circular electron-positron Collider using energy-recovery linacs.
Spiro appointed IUPAP president
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics aims to stimulate and promote international cooperation in physics.
Breakthrough Prize for black-hole image
The $3 million prize will be shared the co-authors of the six papers published by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration.
Giorgi and Nakada share Fermi Prize
The pair were awarded the Enrico Fermi Prize for their outstanding contributions to the experimental evidence of CP violation in the heavy-quark sector.
From the ground to the skies: Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh 1928–2019
Yodh was a passionate particle and cosmic-ray physicist and renowned sitar player.
Λ-hyperon anomaly confirmed
Prior to the BESIII result published in May, the Particle Data Group listing for ⍺- had remained unchanged since 1978.
Physics tops finance in economic impact
A European Physical Society commissioned report reveals that physics-based industries generate over 16% of total EU turnover.
Prolific theorist and polarisation pioneer: Jacques Soffer 1940–2019
Jacques Soffer was a prolific theorist and phenomenologist who played a big part in persuading the elementary particle community of the importance of polarisation-type measurements.
An inspirational inventor: Anton Oed 1933–2018
Anton Oed was a passionate inventor whose introduction of micro-strip gas chambers at the Institut Laue-Langevin in 1988 was a decisive breakthrough in the field of radiation detectors.
