Read article: CERN’s proposed 100 km-circumference ‘Higgs factory’ has lower environmental impact than competing designs, finds study Environment and energy News CERN’s proposed 100 km-circumference ‘Higgs factory’ has lower environmental impact than competing designs, finds study Analysis finds that the Future Circular Collider is the most energy efficient of the planned future particle colliders
Read article: Lia Merminga: directing the future of Fermilab Projects and facilities Feature Lia Merminga: directing the future of Fermilab Lia Merminga, director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the US, on accelerator science, the future of particle physics and being the first woman in her new role
Read article: Was the discovery of the Higgs boson the pinnacle for high-energy physics at CERN? Particle and nuclear Blog Was the discovery of the Higgs boson the pinnacle for high-energy physics at CERN? The past, present and future of high-energy physics come under the spotlight in the July 2022 issue of Physics World
Read article: South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events Projects and facilities News South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events The BOOTES6 optical telescope will measure the brightness of transient sources when it starts up in mid-July
Read article: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3 Projects and facilities News CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3 Engineers will now begin increasing the luminosity before first collisions in June
Read article: China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade Projects and facilities Analysis China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade 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: MANDELA nuclear-physics laboratories open in South Africa Projects and facilities News MANDELA nuclear-physics laboratories open in South Africa The two new labs will be used to train students and develop novel nuclear-physics detector technology.
Read article: Panel calls on physicists to ‘shelve’ notion of Japan hosting the International Linear Collider Projects and facilities News Panel calls on physicists to ‘shelve’ notion of Japan hosting the International Linear Collider Proposed particle physics experiment must be re-evaluated before being given the go-ahead
Read article: Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt Policy and funding News Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt More than 650 Russian scientists sign an open letter calling the war with Ukraine “unfair and senseless”
Read article: Going global: the world the Web has wrought History Feature Going global: the world the Web has wrought Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of globalization