Lord Shiva's Nataraja form, symbolizing cosmic energy and the rhythm of existence, is mirrored in the principles of quantum physics. A bronze statue of Nataraja at CERN highlights the profound ...

05 Jun 2026

Daniel Whiteson reflects on a career in particle physics at ATLAS, and on building a parallel path in science communication through books, podcasts and children’s television.

02 Jun 2026

Our most powerful particle accelerators mimic near-light speeds of cosmic particles. But no upgrade may be capable of replicating the extreme complexity of the most violent objects in the universe. To ...

03 Jun 2026

Theoretical physicist John Ellis has spent decades at the heart of CERN, helping to shape our understanding of the universe and championing global collaboration in particle physics. Professor John ...

03 Jun 2026

For over two decades, scientists at CERN observed unexplained particle losses in their Super Proton Synchrotron. A new study has finally mapped this invisible "ghost" resonance, a phenomenon caused by ...

03 Jun 2026

A particle detected in 2023 at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea may have originated from a cosmic particle accelerator billions of light-years away. According to a new study in the Journal of ...

03 Jun 2026

Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline. Einstein’s special relativity gave physics a durable framework for describing motion, and for more than a century one boundary seemed firm: ...

03 Jun 2026

Physicists at Colorado State University have measured the radius of a hydrogen proton with ...

03 Jun 2026

A CSU team has measured a hydrogen proton’s radius to be 0.84 femtometers, resolving a long-standing scientific discrepancy known as the proton radius puzzle. The ultra-precise measurement further ...

01 Jun 2026

NASA’s Juno Mission has captured electrons traveling near the speed of light in Jupiter’s magnetic environment, providing unprecedented evidence of how high-energy particles, including cosmic rays, ...

04 Jun 2026

The future circular collider at CERN, intended to probe the properties of the Higgs boson in 20 years' time, excites physicists. Yet its construction, beneath the surface of France and Switzerland, is ...

01 Jun 2026

A Practical Step-by-Step Guide, by Marco Fabbrichesi, offers an intermediate-level presentation of the Standard Model.

02 Jun 2026