The past, present and future of high-energy physics come under the spotlight in the July 2022 issue of Physics World
Read article: Was the discovery of the Higgs boson the pinnacle for high-energy physics at CERN?
The BOOTES6 optical telescope will measure the brightness of transient sources when it starts up in mid-July
Read article: South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events
Engineers will now begin increasing the luminosity before first collisions in June
Read article: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3
Scientists in China have begun a transformation of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider that could pave the way for a future Higgs factory
Read article: China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade
The two new labs will be used to train students and develop novel nuclear-physics detector technology.
Read article: MANDELA nuclear-physics laboratories open in South Africa
Proposed particle physics experiment must be re-evaluated before being given the go-ahead
Read article: Panel calls on physicists to ‘shelve’ notion of Japan hosting the International Linear Collider
More than 650 Russian scientists sign an open letter calling the war with Ukraine “unfair and senseless”
Read article: Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt
Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of globalization
Read article: Going global: the world the Web has wrought
Harry Westfahl Jr is the lab director of Sirius, a fourth-generation storage ring light source at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
Read article: Sirius shines a light on the future of Brazilian science
Top research centres announce they will co-ordinate climate-related research as well as share ways to reduce their carbon footprint
Read article: Major US and European labs join forces to tackle climate change
