Read article 'Physics tops finance in economic impact'
Physics tops finance in economic impact
A European Physical Society commissioned report reveals that physics-based industries generate over 16% of total EU turnover.
Read article 'Physics tops finance in economic impact'
Read article 'Jacques Soffer 1940–2019'
Jacques Soffer 1940–2019
Jacques Soffer was a prolific theorist and phenomenologist who played a big part in persuading the elementary particle community of the importance of polarisation-type measurements.
Read article 'Anton Oed 1933–2018'
Anton Oed 1933–2018
Anton Oed was a passionate inventor whose introduction of micro-strip gas chambers at the Institut Laue-Langevin in 1988 was a decisive breakthrough in the field of radiation detectors.
Read article 'The galaxy that feeds three times per day'
The galaxy that feeds three times per day
Astronomers puzzled by galaxy that emits strong bursts of X-rays every nine hours.
Read article 'European strategy enters next phase'
European strategy enters next phase
The 250-page briefing book of the European Strategy for Particle Physics has been published.
Read article 'Hadron therapy to get heavier in Southeast Europe'
Hadron therapy to get heavier in Southeast Europe
Design phase begins for SEEIIST, a centre for internationally competitive research founded in the spirit of the CERN model.
Read article 'KATRIN sets first limit on neutrino mass'
KATRIN sets first limit on neutrino mass
Their 90% confidence upper limit of 1.1 eV halves the previous best model-independent bound with just one month of data.
Read article 'Black-hole snap scoops 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics'
Black-hole snap scoops 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The $3 million prize will be shared equally between 347 researchers who were co-authors of the six papers published by the EHT collaboration on 10 April.
Read article 'Black-hole image constrains ultra-light dark matter'
Black-hole image constrains ultra-light dark matter
The inferred mass, spin and age of M87* are incompatible with the existence of fuzzy dark matter with masses of the order of a few 10-21 eV.
Read article 'A new centre for astroparticle theory'
A new centre for astroparticle theory
On 10 July, CERN and the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) founded a new research centre for astroparticle physics theory called EuCAPT.
