Critical research hit as COVID-19 forces physics labs to close
Major labs have shut their doors in response to the worldwide lockdown, but a few remain open and in some cases are carrying out critical work related to the COVID-19 pandemic
The 10 most important future big-science facilities in physics
A meeting in Oxford discussed the past, present and future of large-scale facilities in physics
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
Europe draws up plans for plasma-based particle accelerators
Compact devices would be far cheaper than existing technology
Square Kilometre Array hit by €250m shortfall
Officials planning the giant radio telescope hope to plug the funding gap by attracting new countries to the project
CERN expected to announce one-year delay to Large Hadron Collider upgrade
Decision is set to be taken tomorrow on whether to postpone the completion of the high-luminosity upgrade until 2028
European physicists propose huge underground gravitational-wave laboratory
ELGAR would consist of two 32 km-long arms to detect gravitational waves via atom interferometry
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
Square Kilometre Array hit with further cost hike and delay
Price of the huge telescope rises by €100m with construction set for 2021
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
