Read article 'CMS observes collective phenomena in pp collisions'
When heavy nuclei collide at high energies, a novel state of hot and dense matter – the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) – is expected to form. As a region of QGP expands and cools, it disso...
Read article 'Probing the electroweak sector with ATLAS'
Precise measurements of final states containing multiple electroweak bosons (W, Z or γ) offer a powerful probe of the gauge structure of the Standard Model.
Read article 'ALICE measures higher-flow harmonics'
In a collision between two nuclei that exhibits a large impact parameter, the initial spatial anisotropy of the overlap region was conjectured to be smooth and almond shaped. In the past few years, ho...
Read article 'AIDA-2020 calls for breakthrough detector technologies'
The European Union project AIDA-2020 (Advanced European Infrastructure for Detectors and Accelerators), in which CERN is a partner, has launched a proof-of-concept fund for breakthrough projects in th...
Read article 'Chinese accelerator passes milestone'
Physicists in China have passed an important milestone towards an accelerator-driven sub-critical (ADS) system, a novel accelerator design for advanced energy and other technologies. On 2 July, teams...
Read article 'SESAME announces call for proposals'
SESAME, the pioneering synchrotron facility for the Middle East and neighbouring countries, located in Jordan, has announced its first call for proposals for experiments. A third-generation light sour...
Read article 'Galactic map sheds light on dark energy'
The map shows galaxies being pulled towards each other by dark matter, while on much larger scales it reveals the effect of dark energy ripping the universe apart.
Read article 'New super-heavy elements find names'
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced the provisional names of four new super-heavy elements that complete the seventh row of the periodic table. The researchers ...
Read article 'Hitomi probes turbulence in galaxy cluster'
With its very first observation, Japan’s Hitomi X-ray satellite has discovered that the gas in the Perseus cluster of galaxies is much less turbulent than expected.
Read article 'Record-breaking production at the LHC'
The past few weeks have been a record-breaking period for the LHC, with the machine now delivering long fills with unprecedented luminosity. Following the interruption in late May due to problems with...
