A day in the life of CERN’s director-general
Rolf-Dieter Heuer lifts the lid on what it's like being CERN boss and recalls the day the discovery of the Higgs was announced
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Rolf-Dieter Heuer lifts the lid on what it's like being CERN boss and recalls the day the discovery of the Higgs was announced
As CERN celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, Sharon Ann Holgate finds out what's expected of the lab's next director-general
Read article: Leadership required
New non-invasive technique could help monitor cystic-fibrosis treatments
Read article: Synchrotron X-rays track fluids in the lungs
Alex Bellos's engaging book investigates how mathematical laws and properties manifest themselves in the real world, says reviewer Dean Burnett
Read article: A classy look through mathematics
Strong yet lightweight structures inspired by nature
Read article: Fractal-like honeycombs take the strain
Spallation facility in Sweden should be up and running in 2023
Read article: Works starts on new European neutron source
Taking a bottom-up approach to recreating biological complexity
Read article: Shape-shifting vesicles mimic living cells
Quantum effect could be put to work in a range of optical technologies
Read article: Superabsorbing rings could lead to better cameras and solar cells
Edwin Cartlidge previews the ultimate role-playing game when physicists will scour Jordan for signs of a fictitious nuclear test
Read article: Fantasy physics for nuclear testers
New study contradicts controversial Hipparcos analysis
Read article: Pleiades distance debate resolved, say radio astronomers