New evidence from CERN's Large Electron­Positron collider (LEP) sheds more light on the way quarks can transform.

Some of the most compelling questions in particle physics today are to do with the Higgs boson and supersymmetry (SUSY). In the summer of 1973, an experiment at the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN ...

In lead collisions at the LHC, some of the strongest electromagnetic fields in the universe bombard the inside of the beam pipe with radioactive gold. By following the collision fragments, John Jowett ...

The 15th Higgs Hunting workshop took place from 15 to 17 July at IJCLab in Orsay and LPNHE in Paris. It offered an opportunity to about 100 participants to step back and review the most recent LHC Run ...

Francesca Luoni advises early-career researchers on how to shield their career while transitioning from research to engineering, and back again. Francesca Luoni is a senior research scientist in the ...

CERN Courier is essential reading for the international high-energy physics community. Highlighting the latest research and project developments from around the world, CERN Courier offers a unique ...

A century on, physicists still disagree on what quantum mechanics actually means. Nature recently surveyed more than a thousand researchers, asking about their views on the interpretation of quantum ...

When targeting tumours, protons and heavy ions offer distinct advantages compared to conventional X-ray radiotherapy. PTCOG president Marco Durante describes an exciting future for the technology and ...

Ole Hansen was an open-minded, energetic and visionary man with an irreverent sense of humour. Credit: The Hansen family Ole Hansen, a leading Danish nuclear-reaction physicist, passed away on 11 May ...

John Peoples generated a flood of ideas for improving Fermilab. Credit: R Hahn/Fermilab John Peoples, the third director of Fermilab, who guided the lab through one of the most critical periods in its ...

Bell Inequalities, Relativity, and the Qubit, by William Stuckey, Michael Silberstein and Timothy McDevitt, Oxford University Press.

The briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics was published in October. Paris Sphicas highlights key takeaways from each of its 10 themes in fundamental science ...