The purpose of the Rencontres de Moriond is to discuss recent findings and new ideas in physics in a pleasant, relaxed and convivial atmosphere. The 2025 edition will take place in the pleasant winter ...

Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further fundamental exploration and innovation in space technologies. Sky map The ...

Mark Thomson is professor of experimental particle physics at the University of Cambridge and was executive chair of the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) until his confirmation as ...

Experimental particle physicist Ian Shipsey, a remarkable leader and individual, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in Oxford on 7 October. Ian was educated at Queen Mary University of London and ...

The line between science communication and public relations has become increasingly blurred. On one side, scientific press officers highlight institutional success, secure funding and showcase ...

Transportable antimatter trap The BASE-STEP experiment is on track to transport antiprotons to Germany next year. Credit: CERN-PHOTO-202410-259-53 Thirty years ago, physicists from Harvard University ...

Testing, one, two, three The High-Luminosity LHC test stand in November 2024. Credit: CERN The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, edited by Oliver Brüning and Lucio Rossi, is a comprehensive ...

Flying high China’s permanently crewed space station, Tiangong, which can be translated as “sky palace”, orbits at an altitude of 340 to 450 km and was completed in 2022 following its precursors ...

The CLOUD experiment CERN’s Proton Synchrotron mimics the effect of cosmic rays on atmospheric gases. Credit: M Brice/CERN-PHOTO-202204-064-2 In a paper published in the journal Nature, the CLOUD ...

Cold non-baryonic dark matter appears to make up 85% of the matter and 25% of the energy in our universe. However, we don’t yet know what it is. As the opening of many research proposals state, “The ...

General assembly The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics met in Haikou, China. Credit: Chinese Physical Society Physics is a universal language that unites scientists worldwide. No event ...