Gauge–gravity duality opens new horizons
What, in a nutshell, did you uncover in your famous 1997 work, which became the most cited in high-energy physics? The paper conjectured a relation between certain quantum field theories and gravity t...
Why CLIC?
Steinar Stapnes considers the past, present and future of CERN’s proposed Compact Linear Collider.
Building Balkan bridges in theory
Broader European support is vital to preserve and build capacity in fundamental physics in the region of former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, argues Goran Djordjevic.
Grappling with dark energy
Adam Riess discusses intriguing discrepancies in the value of the Hubble constant.
Lessons from LEP
The Large Electron Positron collider changed particle physics forever. As the field eyes up the next major collider, former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper describes what it took to make LEP hap...
Reflections on Granada
The open symposium of the European Strategy for Particle Physics stimulated much lively discussion about the future of particle physics and the central role of CERN, writes Eckhard Elsen.
Communicating the next collider
How should the next major project in particle physics be communicated to ensure its reach and success?
DESY’s astroparticle aspirations
Christian Stegmann, director of DESY’s newly established research division for astroparticle physics, describes the ambitious plans ahead in this vibrant field.
Building scientific resilience
New political landscapes make international organisations in science more vital than ever, argues John Womersley.
Harnessing the web for humanity
New technologies can be used to give every human being secure and sovereign control over their own digital identity, argues Monique Morrow.
