Read article 'CMS sees Higgs boson decaying to b-quarks'
CMS sees Higgs boson decaying to b-quarks
The Higgs boson decays to a pair of b quarks is by far the most frequent decay channel, however the signal is overwhelmed by QCD production.
Read article 'CMS sees Higgs boson decaying to b-quarks'
Read article 'Extreme cosmic rays reveal clues to origin'
Extreme cosmic rays reveal clues to origin
The Pierre Auger collaboration has published results showing that the arrival direction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is far from uniform.
Read article 'Maryam Mirzakhani 1977–2017'
Maryam Mirzakhani 1977–2017
First woman and first Iranian citizen to win a Fields Medal
Read article 'Alper Garren 1925–2017'
Alper Garren 1925–2017
A brilliant scientist who designed the accelerator lattice for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
Read article 'Xenon beams light path to gamma factory'
Xenon beams light path to gamma factory
On 14 September, CERN injected a beam of partially ionised xenon atoms into the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and kept it circulating for a short period. The successful demonstration, carried out by ...
Read article 'CLEAR prospects for accelerator research'
CLEAR prospects for accelerator research
A new user facility for accelerator R&D, the CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR), started operation in August and is ready to provide beam for experiments.
Read article 'China neutron source sees first beam'
China neutron source sees first beam
In late August, the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) produced its first neutron beam, representing an important milestone for the $280 million project. The world’s fourth pulsed spallation neu...
Read article 'Servers for SESAME'
Servers for SESAME
On 12 September, 56 servers left CERN bound for the SESAME light-source facility in Jordan. “These servers are a very valuable addition to the SESAME data centre,” said Salman Matalgah, head of IT...
Read article 'UK neutrino investment steps up'
UK neutrino investment steps up
The UK is to invest £65 million (€74 million) in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US, announced UK science minister Jo Johnson on 2...
Read article 'Fastest spinning fluid clocked by RHIC'
Fastest spinning fluid clocked by RHIC
Experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that droplets of quark–gluon plasma (QGP) can spin faster than any other fluid. The immensely h...
