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Glimpsing Chernobyl’s hidden hotspots
Can drones be used to map radiation levels around the Chernobyl nuclear site? Peter Martin and Tom Scott visit the exclusion zone surrounding the plant to find out
Model independence
How will we deal with the deluge of data from current and future particle colliders? Michela Massimi explains why "model independence" could hold the answer
Research headlines
Quantum computing meets particle physics for LHC data analysis
IBM quantum computer runs machine-learning algorithm to find Higgs events
CERN physicists close in on antimatter–matter asymmetry
Precision measurement of the Lamb shift in antihydrogen reveals no deviations from its matter counterpart
Physicists place stringent limits on the neutron electric dipole moment
Researchers see no sign of charge imbalance in the neutron
High-level nuclear waste storage vessels could degrade much faster than previously thought
Accelerated corrosion process could release radioactive material
Forbidden nuclear transition sheds light on how some stars die
Laboratory experiment suggests that intermediate-mass stars expire via thermonuclear explosions
Accelerator-on-a-chip created by inverse-design algorithm
Device gives electrons kilovolt boost over just 30 microns
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A call for unity within particle physics
Regardless of which high-energy collider design gets the CERN council's approval, Tessa Charles argues that proponents of competing proposals need to work together
American Physical Society cancels April Meeting due to coronavirus pandemic
Annual gathering of particle physicists will now be held as an online "virtual" event
Brookhaven chosen to host major US nuclear physics facility
Due to start by 2030, the Electron-Ion Collider will probe the strong nuclear force and the role of gluons in nucleons and nuclei
How Feynman diagrams transformed physics
Robert P Crease examines why Feynman diagrams have proved so useful
Looking for physics beyond colliders at CERN
Blockbuster paper charts a complementary course to new physics
Muons: probing the depths of nuclear waste
The nuclear industry could benefit from muon radiography when dealing with their radioactive waste. Edwin Cartlidge explains the imaging potential of this technique
A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2012 – discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN
Hamish Johnston looks at what has happened since the 2012 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for the discovery of the Higgs boson
A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2010 – new ways of controlling antimatter
Margaret Harris assesses the 2010 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year and subsequent developments in antimatter research
Machine learning stabilizes synchrotron beams
Complex 3D maps of chemical reactions could soon be acquired using better light sources
The past, present and future of computing in high-energy physics
Federico Carminati, the chief innovation officer at CERN openlab, assesses how particle physics has shaped (and been shaped by) trends such as big data and machine learning
Neutron dripline extended to fluorine and neon isotopes
Sodium isotopes could exist with more than 28 neutrons, study reveals
Putting physics in plain language
Proton-therapy pioneer Cynthia Keppel talks to Margaret Harris about her career in the field
Electron scattering experiment is first to point to a small proton radius
“Too early to tell” if decade-old mystery has been solved
Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding
This week's podcast features a former television star who is a fusion entrepreneur
Surprisingly stable plutonium compound could affect nuclear waste storage
Accidental discovery made while studying plutonium oxide nanoparticles
Your pathway to a future in nuclear science
Whether you are a recent graduate or an industry professional seeking to broaden your skills, the Nuclear Technology Education Consortium's novel nuclear courses have you covered
How to stop a nuclear meltdown by leavening the reactor core like a loaf of bread
Injecting granular carbonates could create cake-like structures in damaged reactors
Record breaking fusion reaction could transform medical isotope production
A new world record for the strongest steady-state nuclear fusion reaction could boost production of the vital medical isotope molybdenum-99
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