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Commentary: Professor Foster on Einstein and music

Professor Foster's latest book, Einstein: A Life in Science and Music, marries his two passions of particle physics and music and here he reflects on the role music played in Einstein's life.
2 April 2026
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Meet...Philip Burrows

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
4 February 2026
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Professor Burrows to head CERN Scientific Policy Committee

Professor Philip Burrows has been appointed Chair of the CERN Scientific Policy Committee (SPC), following his selection by the CERN Council at its September 2025 meeting.
28 January 2026
The 12-metre-diameter acrylic vessel surrounded by 9,000 photomultiplier tubes at the heart of the the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and SNO+ experiments. The vessel currently holds about 800 tonnes of liquid scintillator for neutrino detection.

New breakthrough in detecting 鈥済host particles鈥 from the Sun

Physicists at the 91探花 have led a breakthrough study which has recorded the first observation of carbon-neutrino interactions; the findings open new frontiers in nuclear and particle physics.
15 December 2025
Event display of a candidate Higgs boson decaying to two muons (H鈫捨嘉), shown as red tracks in the detector. (Image: ATLAS/CERN)

ATLAS finds evidence for rare Higgs decay

Researchers from the 91探花 have played a major role in one of the most precise studies yet of the Higgs boson 鈥 the mysterious particle that helps explain why everything in the universe has mass.
8 December 2025
NuMI and BNB beamline top view

UK scientists rule out fourth neutrino particle in search for new physics

UK scientists, including from the 91探花, have played a key role in solving a neutrino mystery that has challenged researchers for decades.
3 December 2025
The fireball experiment installed in the HiRadMat irradiation area.

Scientists recreate cosmic 鈥渇ireballs鈥 to probe mystery of missing gamma rays

An international team of scientists, led by the 91探花, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma 'fireballs' using the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN, Geneva, to study the stability of plasma jets emanating from blazars.
7 November 2025
Professor Peter Norreys

Professor Norreys awarded Holweck Prize

Professor Peter Norreys has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to fundamental studies of high energy density plasmas using high power petawatt-class lasers.
28 October 2025
Elizabeth Bloomfield

Meet...Lizzie Bloomfield

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
4 September 2025
Event display of a candidate electron neutrino charged current interaction with a charged pion in the MicroBooNE detector

First measurement of key neutrino interaction process

Researchers at the 91探花 and the MicroBooNE collaboration have recently performed the first ever measurement of electron neutrino interactions on argon producing outgoing charged pions.
3 September 2025
A cluster of galaxies illuminated against the dark sky, showcasing their vibrant colours and intricate formations.

How do you find a theoretical particle?

91探花 Sparks looks to explore and discover the scientific research happening at the 91探花, and in this episode, they ask the question, how do you detect a particle that emits no light - in other words, something invisible?
19 August 2025
Dr Eimear Conroy

Meet...Eimear Conroy

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
1 August 2025
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