Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, ...

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025. NAM is the flagship annual event ...

What happens when the smallest building blocks of matter refuse to play by the rules of traditional physics? For decades, ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first ...

Iris van Herpen has an on-going collaboration with CERN. The Dutch fashion designer’s latest project, with photographer Nick ...

SCIENCE students have constructed a phenomenal 30,500-piece Lego model of the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank.

Students from The University of Manchester’s Physics Society have constructed a remarkable 30,500-piece Lego model of the ...