Is China’s ‘God particle’ quest over? World’s largest collider project may be dropped
The quest to understand the “God particle” may have just hit a wall in China. An ambitious multibillion-dollar…
Scientists observe single top quark with W, Z bosons for first time
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected a phenomenon that happens only every trillion proton collisions,…
Oxford team makes world’s first plasma ‘fireballs’ in CERN experiment
In a world first, plasma “fireballs” have been created in the lab setting using the Super Proton Synchrotron…
Shining light on the Weak force: ATLAS observes WWγ production
The ATLAS Collaboration reports its first observation of WWγ production – a rare process involving the simultaneous production…
How quantum computing can revolutionise energy efficiency in AI
The AI boom is driving an explosive surge in computational demands and reshaping the landscape of technology, infrastructure, and innovation.…
A Physics Experiment Turned Lead Into Gold
The ALICE Collaboration is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for transforming lead into gold for…
CERN and fusion energy, advancing together
CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological…
Scientists trace rare nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules break apart
Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped…
CERN Deploys Cutting-Edge AI in “Impossible” Hunt for Higgs Decay
The Higgs boson gives particles mass, but its links to the lighter quarks are still largely untested. CMS…