Read article: European physicists propose huge underground gravitational-wave laboratory
ELGAR would consist of two 32 km-long arms to detect gravitational waves via atom interferometry
Read article: US dark-matter detector heads underground
The main component of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark-matter detector has lowered into the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota
Read article: Square Kilometre Array hit with further cost hike and delay
Price of the huge telescope rises by €100m with construction set for 2021
Read article: China’s next big thing: a new fourth-generation synchrotron facility in Beijing
Work has just begun on China’s first fourth-generation synchrotron-radiation source. Robert P Crease gets a sneak preview of what’s in store
Read article: Advanced Photon Source set for $815m upgrade
Improvements to the US synchrotron include a new storage ring as well as enhanced instrument beamlines
Read article: New Zealand pulls out of the Square Kilometre Array after benefits questioned
Government concludes that the benefits of membership do not outweigh the costs
Read article: The rise and rise of ‘new big science’
Robert P Crease describes a new kind of big science that's getting more complex, rather than just more large
Read article: Physicists in China unveil plans for underground gravitational-wave observatory
Facility in central China would also test Einstein’s theory of general relativity to unprecedented precision
Read article: Quantum snakes, a physics-themed building and the Web at 30
Physics World journalists discuss the week’s highlights
Read article: Major revamp complete at SuperKEKB particle-physics facility
The Japan-based electron–positron collider will soon begin taking data to with the aim of spotting physics beyond the Standard Model
