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Two distinct descriptions of nuclei unified for the first time

Cosmic antimatter could be created by annihilating WIMPs

Detection of antideuterons and antihelium could help hone dark-matter models

How a next-generation particle collider could unravel the mysteries of the Higgs boson

Tulika Bose, Philip Burrows and Tara Shears discuss proposals for the next big particle collider

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CERN celebrates 70 years at the helm of particle physics in lavish ceremony

Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN

Tsung-Dao Lee: Nobel laureate famed for work on parity violation dies aged 97

Research headlines

Mountaintop observations of gamma-ray glow could shed light on origins of lightning

Electric fields near Earth’s surface are stronger than expected

Enigmatic particle might be a molecular pentaquark

Decay rate of exotic hadron suggests it comprises five quarks

Positronium gas is laser-cooled to one degree above absolute zero

New cooling technique could help reveal physics beyond the Standard Model

The "Maxwell’s demon cooling double trap" developed by the BASE collaboration can cool antiprotons very quickly

Improved antiproton trap could shed more light on antimatter-matter asymmetry

Maxwell's demon cooling trap measures the magnetic moment of antiprotons with higher precision than ever before

Quark distribution in light–heavy mesons is mapped using innovative calculations

Form factors can be tested by collider experiments

Heavy exotic antinucleus gives up no secrets about antimatter asymmetry

Antihyperhydrogen-4 is observed by the Star Collaboration

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Tokamak Energy developing fusion technology

Fusion, the Web and electric planes: how spin-offs from big science are transforming the world

James McKenzie looks at some of the unexpected spin-offs from big science

‘Sometimes nature will surprise us.’ Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux on eureka moments and the future of neutrino physics

Particle physicist Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux talks about how the next generation of neutrino experiments will test the boundaries of the Standard Model

UK reveals next STEPs toward prototype fusion power plant

Engineers and physicists have met to discuss the challenges and opportunities of building a practical fusion power plant in the UK

Extremely large facility under construction

Fusion’s public-relations drive is obscuring the challenges that lie ahead

Guy Matthews says that the focus on public relations is masking the challenges of commercializing nuclear fusion

LUX-ZEPLIN ‘digs deeper’ for dark-matter WIMPs

Announcement makes us pine for the Black Hills

Abdus Salam: honouring the first Muslim Nobel-prize-winning scientist

Claudia de Rham and Ian Walmsley pay tribute to the contributions of the great theorist Abdus Salam

Half-life measurement of samarium-146 could help reveal secrets of the early solar system

Isotope is extracted from an accelerator target

Multiple molecular hexaquarks are predicted by theoretical study

Exotic hadrons comprising six quarks could be observed in future experiments

Quantum dot liquid scintillator could revolutionize neutrino detection

A new type of water-based scintillator made from quantum dots could make neutrino detectors safer and cheaper

Heisenberg gets ‘let off the hook’ in new historical drama based on the Farm Hall transcripts

Philip Ball reviews Farm Hall by Katherine Moar at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, which runs until 31 August 2024

Left to right: Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer with director Ron Howard. Standing in front on CERN particle physics laboratory in 2009

CERN at 70: how the Higgs hunt elevated particle physics to Hollywood status

Peering behind the comms curtain at the world's most famous particle physics lab

Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem

Robert P Crease explains how Fermilab navigated an accidental leak of tritium

**CERN’s Science Gateway picked by Time magazine as one of the ‘world’s greatest places’ to visit**

The gateway ‘bridges the gap between the general public and the people in lab coats’

Diagram showing a sphere with a radioactive particle embedded in it, trapped in the focus of a laser beam and emitting an alpha particle

Physicists detect nuclear decay in the recoil of a levitating sphere

Principle of momentum conservation makes it possible to "see" individual alpha particles leaving a micron-scale silica bead

Radiation monitoring keeps track of nuclear waste contamination

PhD studentship available to develop technologies for in situ characterization of nuclear fission products

Rumours spread like nuclear fission, say physicists

Neutrons are rumours and people are uranium isotopes in new model

Smashing heavier ions creates superheavy livermorium

New technique brings an island of stability closer

A panel discussion on future colliders at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP).

From new physics to sustainability, particle physics looks to the future

Katherine Skipper reports on 2024's International Conference on High Energy Physics in Prague

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