CERN gears up for LHC switch on
Following a two-year shutdown for maintenance and upgrades, Ned Stafford looks at how the LHC has been improved to allow researchers to hunt for new particles
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The STEM shortage paradox
Industry is crying out for more people with scientific and technical skills. So why can't STEM graduates find enough jobs? Margaret Harris investigates
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The argument for sticking with SUSY
S James Gates, Jr argues that giving up on SUSY now would be like concluding that giant sequoia trees do not exist after surveying only the east coast of North America
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Rendezvous with a comet
Matt Taylor braces himself as Europe's Rosetta craft gets set to land a probe on a comet for the first time next month
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Hunting gravitational waves using pulsars
Louise Mayor reports on the search for these ripples in space–time
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The possibility of a fourth type of neutrino
If disappointments continue at the high-energy frontier, you might be hearing a lot more about the sterile neutrino, says Jon Cartwright
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Leadership required
As CERN celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, Sharon Ann Holgate finds out what's expected of the lab's next director-general
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Fantasy physics for nuclear testers
Edwin Cartlidge previews the ultimate role-playing game when physicists will scour Jordan for signs of a fictitious nuclear test
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CLOUD experiment at CERN aids climate predictions
The cleanest chamber ever built is allowing researchers at CERN to track the microscopic processes governing cloud formation
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Refraction redefines the pascal
Based on highly accurate optical interferometry and fundamental quantum calculations, researchers in the US are developing an improved definition of the SI unit for pressure
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