Read article 'Proton-radius puzzle deepens'
The international CREMA (Charge Radius Experiment with Muonic Atoms) collaboration has measured the radius of the deuteron more accurately than ever before, finding that it is significantly smaller th...
Read article 'DIRAC experiment observes new exotic atom'
Inclusive πK production via the interaction p + Ni → π−K+ + X. The ionisation or break up of AKπ leads to so-called atomic pairs. Image credit: arXiv:1605.06103v1. 
The DIRAC (DIm...
Read article 'AMS reports unexpected result in antiproton data'
AMS has now measured the antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio in primary cosmic rays with unprecedented precision.
Read article 'LHC hits 2016 luminosity target'
 At the end of August, two months ahead of schedule, the integrated luminosity delivered by the LHC reached the 2016 target value of 25 fb–1 in both the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The milest...
Read article 'Beamline competition calls all schools'
CERN has announced the 4th edition of its Beamline for Schools Competition.
Read article 'ATLAS observes single top-quarks at 13 TeV'
ATLAS has recently measured the total cross-sections of single top-quark and top-antiquark production via the t-channel exchange of virtual W bosons.
Read article 'ALICE pinpoints J/ψ regeneration'
The ALICE Collaboration has measured with improved precision the production of J/ψ mesons in collisions of lead nuclei at the highest LHC energy, confirming the role of the “regeneration mechanismâ...
Read article 'LHCb finds early surprises at Run 2'
The bumper data harvest at LHC Run 2 continues for the LHCb experiment. In mid-August, the collaboration celebrated the milestone of 1 fb–1 integrated luminosity collected so far during 2016, wit...
Read article 'Probing dark matter with CMS'
Understanding the nature of dark matter (DM) is the focus of extensive research at collider- and astrophysics-based experiments. The most well-known signature for DM production at the LHC is the so-ca...
Read article 'Earth-like planet orbits our nearest star'
Astronomers have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri.
