Read article 'Telegrams from the antiworld'
Telegrams from the antiworld
Physics with antiparticles is difficult, but one trick is to replace atomic electrons by antiprotons. The resulting compact atoms are useful antiparticle laboratories.
Read article 'Telegrams from the antiworld'
Read article 'Per Ardua ad ASACUSA'
Per Ardua ad ASACUSA
A major antiproton experiment at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator is currently lining up an impressive array of techniques to investigate the interaction of antiprotons with atoms.
Read article 'Is spacetime symmetric?'
Is spacetime symmetric?
Do particles and their antiparticles behave in the same way? Even tiny differences could be amplified over astronomical distances to produce very large effects.
Read article 'A wide span of physics'
A wide span of physics
Nobel prizewinner in 1984, architect and mason of CERN's biggest ever physics discovery and director-general of CERN from 1989 to 1993, Carlo Rubbia remains a continual fountainhead of new ideas. A ...
Read article 'Echoes of a report'
Echoes of a report
A major report by a working group of the influential OECD Megascience forum provides a valuable snapshot of nuclear physics and makes far-reaching recommendations for its future direction.
Read article 'Copenhagen interpretation'
Copenhagen interpretation
Now playing to full houses in London's theatreland is Copenhagen, a fascinating new play that imagines a dialogue between the ghosts of quantum pioneers Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
Read article 'The incomprehensible is always fresh'
The incomprehensible is always fresh
Communicating the unfamiliar ideas of basic physics is already a challenge. With theories for the 21st century already on the drawing board and looking even more bizarre, CERN Courier editor Gordon F...
Read article 'Don’t be afraid of the dark'
Don’t be afraid of the dark
Unveiling the nature of dark matter matter revealing itself only via its gravitational interaction is a continuous challenge in contemporary cosmology. The job of particle physics experiments i...
Read article 'Superstrings, black holes and gauge theories'
Superstrings, black holes and gauge theories
Finding a quantum field theory that includes gravity has eluded the best minds of physics. Yaron Oz of CERN explains how the theory of superstrings modifies classical geometry, and how the secrets of...
Read article 'Linear collider physics: the next challenge'
Linear collider physics: the next challenge
While CERN's LHC proton collider is the world's major particle physics project, other avenues of research could yield complementary studies. Here, David Miller looks at the possibilities for a linea...
