Read article 'STAR helps to pin down a key phenomenon in gold collisions'
The Brookhaven National Laboratory has published new evidence indicative of a "chiral magnetic wave" rippling through quark–gluon plasma.
Read article 'B̅0 decay reveals an intriguing anomaly'
The LHCb collaboration presented the first measurement of any B → τX decay at a hadron collider
Read article 'LHCb observes top production in the forward region'
Measurements of the forward production of top-quark pairs can be used to constrain the gluon parton distribution function.
Read article 'On the trail of long-lived particles'
When searching for new particles in ATLAS, it is often assumed that they will either decay to observable Standard Model particles at the centre of the detector, or escape undetected, in which case the...
Read article 'CMS and the continuing quest to unveil dark matter'
The search for particles that could constitute dark matter in the universe relies on detecting their interplay with the Standard Model particles through a three-pronged approach: via direct-detection ...
Read article 'EuroCirCol: a key to new physics'
EuroCirCol, the EC-funded part of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study that will develop the conceptual design of an energy-frontier hadron collider, officially started on 1 June. The “kick...
Read article 'VLT sees evidence for first-generation stars'
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered a very bright galaxy in the early universe, and found strong evidence that it contains first-generation stars. These massive lu...
Read article 'The LHC prepares for high-energy collisions'
After restarting in April, CERN's flagship accelerator is progressing well.
Read article 'Turkey becomes associate member state of CERN'
On 6 May, the Republic of Turkey became an associate member state of CERN.
Read article 'CMS identifies Higgs bosons decaying to bottom quarks'
The results reveal an observed (expected) significance of the signal of 2.2 (0.8)σ, for a Higgs-boson mass of 125 GeV.
