Read article 'Mark Alastair Rayner 1983–2026'
Mark Alastair Rayner 1983–2026
Mark Rayner, editor of CERN Courier, passed away on 23 March. His love of physics, talent for communication and editorial rigour raised the bar for this magazine.
Read article 'Mark Alastair Rayner 1983–2026'
Read article 'Jan Żylicz 1932–2026'
Jan Żylicz 1932–2026
Jan Żylicz, an outstanding nuclear physicist, passed away in Warsaw on 16 February 2026.
Read article 'Roger Barlow 1951–2026'
Roger Barlow 1951–2026
Roger Barlow passed away suddenly on 1 February 2026 at his home in Wales. He had an illustrious career in particle physics and, latterly, also in accelerator physics.
Read article 'Michael Wohlmuther 1975–2025'
Michael Wohlmuther 1975–2025
Michael Wohlmuther, an internationally recognised expert on spallation physics and technologies, tragically passed away on 30 October 2025 in Lund, Sweden, at the age of 50.
Read article 'The mystery of the little red dots'
The mystery of the little red dots
Every new instrument needs its mysteries, and no discovery of the James Webb Space Telescope has been more surprising than the “little red dots” it discovered in the early universe.
Read article 'A thousand anomalies hiding in plain sight'
A thousand anomalies hiding in plain sight
Artificial intelligence has uncovered more than a thousand astrophysical anomalies in the Hubble Legacy Archive.
Read article 'Eiffel honour for women physicists'
Eiffel honour for women physicists
The list spans nearly 250 years and multiple disciplinary domains.
Read article 'Antonino Zichichi 1929–2026'
Antonino Zichichi 1929–2026
Antonino Zichichi, one of the most influential figures in high-energy physics and a towering presence in Italian scientific culture, passed away in Rome on 9 February 2026, at the age of 96.
Read article 'HiLumi magnets face full-scale test'
HiLumi magnets face full-scale test
CERN has reached a milestone in the advancement of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.
Read article 'Physics labs under the lens'
Physics labs under the lens
16 laboratories across Asia, Europe and North America opened their doors for the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk.
