Commercial software can’t keep pace with experimental precision when it comes to large-scale computer-algebra calculations in quantum field theory. Maintained by a single theorist for decades, FORM is ...

Michael S Turner argues that the next breakthrough in particle physics and cosmology may be just around the corner. Michael S Turner is an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA and an ...

After a moment of turbulence, Norbert Holtkamp returns to Fermilab with a clear mandate: deliver DUNE, honour the laboratory’s legacy of bold leadership and reaffirm big science’s responsibility to ...

Safer space The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station measures cosmic rays with high precision, generating data that also inform space radiobiology and radiation-risk ...

A report from the ATLAS experiment. Fig. 1. Observed and expected limits at 95% CL for 1ℓ1T (purple) and displaced track (red) searches are shown in the chargino-neutralino mass difference versus ...

Cool magnets CERN has begun the cooldown of a 95 m-long test stand that reproduces the underground configuration of technologies for the Large Hadron Collider’s high-luminosity upgrade. Credit: CERN ...

Six out of 1339 Six anomalous images of galaxies identified by artificial intelligence, including: a galactic merger (top right); a “collisional ring” galaxy that has been smashed by a secondary ...

The 18th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP2025) brought the top-quark community to Seoul, South Korea, from 21 to 26 September 2025. Hosted at Hanyang University, the event offered 135 ...

Erich Lohrmann was held in high esteem for his patience in listening and his enlightening comments. Credit: M Mayer/DESY Erich Lohrmann, an experimental physicist who shaped the research programme at ...

All who met him were struck by Antonino Zichichi’s unfailing enthusiasm and deep passion for science. Credit: Esercito Italiano Antonino Zichichi, one of the most influential figures in high-energy ...

James Robinson reflects on a journey from the ATLAS collaboration to the Environment and Sustainability programme at the Alan Turing Institute.

Every new instrument needs its mysteries, and no discovery of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been more surprising than the “little red dots” it discovered in the early universe.