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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

André de Gouvêa explains why neutrino masses imply the existence of new fundamental fields. Misfits Massive neutrinos are not part of the Standard Model. Credit: Symmetry After all these years, ...

Oliver James of DNEG, which produced the striking black hole in the film Interstellar, describes the science behind visual effects and the challenges in this fast-growing industry. Gargantua A variant ...

Frontier instruments like the LHC and its detectors not only push back the boundaries of our knowledge, but also catalyse innovative technology for medical applications, writes Manuela Cirilli.

From targets to absorbers, beam-intercepting devices are vital to CERN’s accelerator complex. Marco Calviani describes the major upgrades taking place to prepare for the high-luminosity LHC, and the ...