LHCb Completes a Sixty-Year Quest with a New Doubly Charmed Baryon

The LHCb Collaboration has observed the final member of a family of particles theorised over half a century ago, closing an important chapter in heavy-flavour spectroscopy.

Fusion's Most-Funded Startup Publishes Its Physics Proof of Concept

Commonwealth Fusion Systems released five peer-reviewed papers today in a bid to show the scientific community that its 400-megawatt ARC fusion power plant is built on proven physics, not optimism.

The Large Hadron Collider Goes Quiet for Three Years

After a productive extension, Run 3 at the LHC concluded in early July 2026. The machine now enters Long Shutdown 3 for a major upgrade.

CERN Adds an 84th Hadron to the Particle Zoo

The ATLAS Collaboration has observed a new excited meson, bringing the tally of hadrons discovered at the LHC to 84.