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UK built detector components arrive in US for flagship neutrino experiment

March 4, 2026
Four ‘building-sized’ components which will play an essential role in the UK contribution to an ambitious international physics project have been shipped to the United States from the Daresbury Laboratory.

Edward Witten wins 2023 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics

November 12, 2023
American physicist, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Edward Witten has been awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics.

Quantum go-‘slow’ allows first view of chemical process

August 28, 2023
Sydney university researchers have scored a scientific first by employing a quantum computer to observe a process critical in chemical reactions.

Secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions revealed

April 14, 2022
At the Quark Matter conference and Rencontres de Moriond conferences, the LHCb collaboration presented an analysis of particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that may help determine whether...

So… What is the point of physics? IOP is offering £1000 for the best answer!

April 7, 2022
IoP launches a new challenge to get young people to see physics differently. With only one in ten parents believing physics to be a worthwhile topic, and nearly half of...

Scientists design remote monitoring system for inaccessible quantum devices

April 1, 2022
Researchers have developed an innovative remote monitoring system for ultra-sensitive quantum devices reliant on stable conditions. The new system provides a blueprint for operating quantum technology in inaccessible environments, such...

It’s cool here in the future!

March 29, 2022
Finding an excuse to watch Star Trek and call it research, Russ Swan compares science fiction with real world technological advances and realises some of the most significant gaps lie...

Hybrid atom response at CERN may lead to new forms of antimatter

March 25, 2022
A hybrid matter­­–antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton, the proton’s antimatter equivalent in place of an electron, has an unexpected response to laser light when immersed in superfluid helium, reports...

CERN environmental report sets out concrete actions to reduce its environmental footprint

November 25, 2021
CERN released its second public Environment Report covering the years 2019-2020 when the accelerator complex was in its second long shutdown. To ensure transparency and to demonstrate its leadership in...

Roll up! Roll up! Don’t miss out on Swan’s quantum soap box

September 30, 2021
Wondering how the introduction of potential errors through unstable qubits can improve upon the accuracy of binary computing, Russ Swan considers the hype surrounding the awesome power of the quantum...

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