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Ten windows on the future of particle physics

Paris Sphicas highlights key takeaways from the briefing book of the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Invisibles, in sight

Around 150 researchers gathered at CERN from 1 to 5 September 2025, for the annual meeting of the Invisibles network.

All aboard the scalar adventure

The first Workshop on the Impact of Higgs Studies on New Theories of Fundamental Interactions took place on the Island of Capri, Italy, from 6 to 10 October 2025.

Mixed signals from X17

A decade after the initial report of the ATOMKI anomaly, MEG II and PADME present conflicting findings on the proposed X17 boson.

Closing the gap on axion-like particles

The LHCb collaboration searched for axion-like particles decaying into photon pairs, setting bounds on their couplings in the low-mass region.

High-energy physics meets in Marseille

The 2025 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics took place in Marseille from 7 to 11 July.

Fermilab’s final word on muon g-2

In parallel, theorists have published an updated Standard Model prediction based purely on lattice QCD.

Planning for precision at Moriond

Particle physics today benefits from a wealth of high-quality data at the same time as powerful new ideas are boosting the accuracy of theoretical predictions.