Read article 'NICA booster achieves first beam'
NICA booster achieves first beam
The booster synchrotron at Russia's NICA accelerator complex accelerated helium ions in late December.
Read article 'NICA booster achieves first beam'
Read article 'Richard Roberts 1940–2020'
Richard Roberts 1940–2020
Roberts was the “R” in the MRST collaboration, famous for calculating hadronic structure functions.
Read article 'Final stretch for LHC upgrades'
Final stretch for LHC upgrades
After two years of intense work, accelerator physicists are cooling the LHC to operational temperatures and eyeing the final stretch of the road to Run 3.
Read article 'LHCb sheds light on Vub puzzle'
LHCb sheds light on Vub puzzle
LHCb has recently published a new result on |Vub| using the first ever measurement of the Bs0→K–μ+νμ decay.
Read article 'Nuclear win for ISOLDE physicists'
Nuclear win for ISOLDE physicists
A trio of ISOLDE physicists have been awarded the 2020 Lise Meitner Prize.
Read article 'CLIC lights the way for FLASH therapy'
CLIC lights the way for FLASH therapy
A new collaboration between CERN and CHUV plans to use ultrafast bursts of electrons to destroy tumours.
Read article 'Black holes attract 2020 Nobel Prize'
Black holes attract 2020 Nobel Prize
Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel will share the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Read article 'Preparatory ‘pre-lab’ proposed for ILC'
Preparatory ‘pre-lab’ proposed for ILC
The aim is to prepare the ILC project, should it be approved, for construction.
Read article 'CERN publishes first environmental report'
CERN publishes first environmental report
Topics include electricity consumption, greenhouse emissions, noise levels and more.
Read article 'In pursuit of right-handed photons'
In pursuit of right-handed photons
The presence of new virtual particles could be clearly signalled by a right-handed contribution to the photon polarisation.
