Read article 'Breadth and eminence across disciplines: Ernst-Wilhelm Otten 1934–2019'
In the 1980s Otten used tritium decays to rebut a 30 eV measurement of the mass of the antineutrino, and initiated the KATRIN experiment.
Read article 'Irish politicians call for associate membership of CERN'
A cross-party committee of the legislature of the Republic of Ireland last week unanimously recommended joining CERN.
Read article 'BASE tests antimatter’s dark side'
Working at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator, the international BASE team has set the first laboratory limits on the interaction between antimatter and dark-matter axions
Read article 'US proposal teases FCC-ee energy boost'
Accelerator physicists in the US have proposed an alternative approach to the design of the proposed Future Circular electron-positron Collider using energy-recovery linacs.
Read article 'Spiro appointed IUPAP president'
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics aims to stimulate and promote international cooperation in physics.
Read article 'Breakthrough Prize for black-hole image'
The $3 million prize will be shared the co-authors of the six papers published by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration.
Read article 'Giorgi and Nakada share Fermi Prize'
The pair were awarded the Enrico Fermi Prize for their outstanding contributions to the experimental evidence of CP violation in the heavy-quark sector.
Read article 'From the ground to the skies: Gaurang Bhaskar Yodh 1928–2019'
Yodh was a passionate particle and cosmic-ray physicist and renowned sitar player.
Read article 'Λ-hyperon anomaly confirmed'
Prior to the BESIII result published in May, the Particle Data Group listing for ⍺- had remained unchanged since 1978.
Read article 'Physics tops finance in economic impact'
A European Physical Society commissioned report reveals that physics-based industries generate over 16% of total EU turnover.
