Read article 'First physics for Belle II'
First physics for Belle II
The collaboration scoured four months of electron-positron collisions at SuperKEKB for evidence of invisibly decaying Z′ bosons.
Read article 'First physics for Belle II'
Read article 'CERN establishes COVID-19 task force'
CERN establishes COVID-19 task force
CERN technologies and expertise are helping in the collective global fight against COVID-19.
Read article 'Particle physicists propose stripped-down ventilator to help combat COVID-19'
Particle physicists propose stripped-down ventilator to help combat COVID-19
The proposal, led by physicists and engineers from LHCb, is one of several being developed to meet growing demand for ventilators.
Read article 'European strategy update postponed'
European strategy update postponed
The CERN Council has agreed to put the release of the strategy update on hold due to the current COVID-19 situation.
Read article 'Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers'
Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers
Particle physicists brought cosmic-ray science to the heart of the Château-d’Oex International Balloon Festival.
Read article 'HL-LHC superconducting quadrupole successfully tested'
HL-LHC superconducting quadrupole successfully tested
Advanced niobium-tin accelerator magnets for the LHC upgrade developed at US labs and CERN are also carving a path towards future energy-frontier colliders.
Read article 'Plasma polarised by spin-orbit effect'
Plasma polarised by spin-orbit effect
Though several mysteries remain, the ALICE collaboration has uncovered evidence that quark-gluon plasmas with extreme angular momenta become polarised.
Read article 'Protons herald new cardiac treatment'
Protons herald new cardiac treatment
In a clinical world-first, a proton beam has been used to treat a patient with a ventricular tachycardia, which causes unsynchronised electrical impulses that prevent the heart from pumping blood.
Read article 'A pathfinder to discovery: David Mark Ritson 1924–2019'
A pathfinder to discovery: David Mark Ritson 1924–2019
He was the last of the leaders of the original seven physics groups formed at SLAC.
Read article 'Life with antiprotons and quarks: Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019'
Life with antiprotons and quarks: Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019
Since the early 1960s his vision and organisational skills helped shape experimental particle physics in Czechoslovakia and Czechia.
