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Congratulations to SuperKEKB for “first turns"
The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan celebrates first turns and successful storage of beams in the SuperKEKB collider
Why bother with theoretical physics?
In the second feature of our In Theory series we explore what it takes to make someone a theoretical physicist
Welcome to the Theory corridor
A photo essay introducing the Theory department at CERN and some of its theoreticians
CERN congratulates the discoverers of gravitational waves
Congratulations to LIGO and Virgo for the first ever direct detection of gravitational waves
Detection of Gravitational Waves
The announcement by LIGO and VIRGO collaborations of direct detection of gravitational waves confirms one of Einstein's major predictions
ALPHA experiment shows antihydrogen charge is neutral
ALPHA shows the most accurate measurement yet of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms in a new Nature paper
A new energy frontier for heavy ions
This week’s heavy-ion run at the LHC breaks a symbolic barrier, says CERN accelerator physicist John Jowett
Neutrinos: after the Nobel Prize, the hunt continues
The 2015 Nobel Prize for physics rewards the long quest for understanding of the elusive neutrino
Breaking the Rules
This week it's the turn of heavy-ion physics to take the spotlight
Antihydrogen at CERN: 20 years and going strong
In September 1995 physicists at CERN synthesised the first antihydrogen atoms, paving the way for today’s growing antimatter research