Thomson will become the 17th director-general of the CERN particle-physics laboratory when he takes up the position in 2026
Read article: UK particle physicist Mark Thomson selected as next CERN boss
As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering
Read article: From buckyballs to biological membranes: ISIS celebrates 40 years of neutron science
Scientists will use the detector to study the interactions between antineutrinos and argon
Read article: DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos
Robert P Crease explains how Fermilab navigated an accidental leak of tritium
Read article: Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem
The Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility would test different approaches to stellarator magnetic confinement
Read article: US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility
Gianluigi Botton, head of the Diamond Light Source in the UK, on the £519m Diamond-II upgrade and what it means for the national synchrotron science facility
Read article: Gianluigi Botton: maintaining the Diamond synchrotron’s cutting edge
Elizabeth Pollitzer says measures must be taken to tackle the gender imbalance among staff and users of large research infrastructures
Read article: Why we need gender equality in big science
Full operation with deuterium and tritium is not expected until 2039
Read article: ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
Matin Durrani brings you up to date with what's hot in particle and nuclear physics
Read article: What’s hot in particle and nuclear physics? Find out in the latest Physics World Briefing
Robert P Crease recalls the time when Palomar astronomers found themselves in a fight with locals
Read article: Astronomers versus activists: the battle over San Diego’s streetlights
