Read article 'The atomic nucleus: fissile liquid or molecule of life?'
The atomic nucleus is generally described as a drop of quantum liquid. In particular, such liquid-like behaviour explains nuclear fission and applies especially to heavy nuclei such as uranium.
Read article 'ALMA tastes sugar around a Sun-like star'
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) has identified sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a young Sun-like star. This is the first time that sugar has b...
Read article 'Tevatron experiments observe evidence for Higgs-like particle'
The CDF and DØ collaborations at Fermilab have found evidence for the production of a Higgs-like particle decaying into a pair of bottom and antibottom quarks, independent of the recently announced H...
Read article 'A day to remember'
A summary of this issue of the CERN Courier featuring the discovery of the Higgs boson announced in July this year.
Read article 'Proton run for 2012 extended by seven weeks'
An important piece of news that was almost lost in the excitement of the Higgs update seminar on 4 July is that the LHC proton run for 2012 is to be extended.
Read article 'Auger determines pp inelastic cross-section at √s = 57 TeV'
The Pierre Auger Observatory was constructed with the aim of understanding the nature and characteristics of these particles using precise measurements of cosmic-ray-induced extensive air showers up t...
Read article 'Heavy-ion jets go with the flow'
The studies of central heavy-ion collisions at the LHC by the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS experiments show that partons traversing the produced hot and dense medium lose a significant fraction of their energ...
Read article 'XENON100 sets record limits'
The XENON collaboration has announced results that provide no evidence for the existence of weakly interacting massive particles.
Read article 'MoEDAL looks to the discovery horizon'
MoEDAL, the "magnificent seventh" LHC experiment, held its first Physics Workshop in CERN’s Globe of Science and Innovation on 20 June.
Read article 'Dark-matter filament binds galaxy clusters'
Numerical simulations of structure formation in the universe reveal how clusters of galaxies form at the intersection of dark-matter filaments. The presence of such a filament connecting the galaxy cl...
