Read article 'Fixing gender in theory'
Fixing gender in theory
It is high time we addressed the low representation of women in high-energy theoretical physics, says Marika Taylor.
Read article 'Fixing gender in theory'
Read article 'The roots and fruits of string theory'
The roots and fruits of string theory
"People say that string theory doesn’t make predictions, but that’s simply not true."
Read article 'Loops and legs in quantum field theory'
Loops and legs in quantum field theory
The conference brought together more than 100 researchers from 18 countries to discuss the latest results in precision calculations for particle physics at colliders.
Read article 'Putting the Pauli exclusion principle on trial'
Putting the Pauli exclusion principle on trial
If detected, even the tiniest violation of the exclusion principle would revolutionise physics.
Read article 'Particle physics meets quantum optics'
Particle physics meets quantum optics
The sixth International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP) took place on 17–29 August in Kolymbari, Crete.
Read article 'Doubting darkness'
Doubting darkness
An interview with Erik Verlinde, who argues that dark matter is an illusion caused by an incomplete understanding of gravity.
Read article 'General relativity at 100'
General relativity at 100
Testing Einstein’s masterpiece with ever increasing precision.
Read article 'Gravity’s quantum side'
Gravity’s quantum side
There is little doubt that, in spite of their overwhelming success in describing phenomena over a vast range of distances, general relativity (GR) and the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics are i...
Read article 'The many lives of supergravity'
The many lives of supergravity
The early 1970s was a pivotal period in the history of particle physics. Following the discovery of asymptotic freedom and the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism a few years earlier, it was the time wh...
Read article 'Testing times for space–time symmetry'
Testing times for space–time symmetry
Numerous experiments, many of them at CERN, are testing for violations of Lorentz and CPT symmetry in the search for new physics.
