Read article 'Quantum simulators in high-energy physics'
Read article 'Quantum simulators in high-energy physics'
Carlo Rovelli describes the major schools of thought on how to make sense of a purely quantum world.
The ATLAS and ALICE collaborations have announced the first results of a new way to measure the “radial flow” of quark–gluon plasma.
Fifty experts on nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics met at CERN from 9 to 13 June to discuss how to use extreme environments as precise laboratories for fundamental...
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Read article 'Quantum theory returns to Helgoland'
The takeaway from Helgoland 2025 was that the foundations of quantum mechanics, though strongly built on Helgoland 100 years ago, remain open to interpretation.
Read article 'Exceptional flare tests blazar emission models'
A new analysis of BL Lacertae by NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer sheds light on the emission mechanisms of active galactic nuclei.
Read article 'Fermilab’s final word on muon g-2'
In parallel, theorists have published an updated Standard Model prediction based purely on lattice QCD.
Read article 'STAR hunts QCD critical point'
The STAR collaboration at BNL has narrowed the search for a long-sought-after “critical point” in the still largely conjectural phase diagram of QCD.
Read article 'Plotting the discovery of Higgs pairs on Elba'
150 physicists convened on Elba from 11 to 17 May for the Higgs Pairs 2025 workshop.
Read article 'Hadronic decays confirm long-lived Ωc0 baryon'
A new LHCb analysis of hadronic decays confirms that the Ωc0 baryon lives longer than once thought.
Read article 'Decoding the Higgs mechanism with vector bosons'
The CMS collaboration jointly analysed all vector boson scattering channels.
Read article 'Hadrons in Porto Alegre'
The 16th International Workshop on Hadron Physics welcomed 135 physicists to the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Read article 'Muons under the microscope in Cincinnati'
The 23rd edition of Flavor Physics and CP Violation (FPCP) attracted 100 physicists to Cincinnati, USA, from 2 to 6 June 2025.
Read article 'Clean di-pions reveal vector mesons'
LHCb has isolated a precisely measured, high-statistics sample of di-pions.
Read article 'DESI hints at evolving dark energy'
The new data could indicate a deviation from the ΛCDM model.
Read article 'Gravitational remnants in the sky'
Relic Gravitons, by Massimo Giovannini of INFN Milan Bicocca, offers a timely and authoritative guide to one of the most exciting frontiers in modern cosmology and particle physics...
