Caught Doping: Going to Extreme Measures to Detect Ultraviolet Photons

Caught Doping: Going to Extreme Measures to Detect Ultraviolet Photons

• Caught Doping: Going to Extreme Measures to Detect Ultraviolet Photons byChris Layden| Feb 26, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:High Efficiency UV/Optical/NIR Detecto

Physics & Astronomy · February 26, 2026 (updated February 26, 2026) · 2 min · 229 words
Shaken and Stirred: Putting the Local Group on a weighing scale.

Shaken and Stirred: Putting the Local Group on a weighing scale.

• Shaken and Stirred: Putting the Local Group on a weighing scale • byNeel Kolhe| Feb 25, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Impact of merger histories on the timing argu

Physics & Astronomy · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 286 words
Largest image of its kind shows hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

Largest image of its kind shows hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

• Press Release Largest image of its kind shows hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way 25 February 2026 Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a s

Physics & Astronomy · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 379 words
The French Post Office (Prévessin site) is permanently closing

The French Post Office (Prévessin site) is permanently closing

• Voir en The French Post Office (Prévessin site) is permanently closing 25 February, 2026 | ByFAP department The French post office located on the Prévessin site (building 866- R-

Physics & Astronomy · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 182 words
CMS welcomes new management for 2026-2028

CMS welcomes new management for 2026-2028

• Voir en CMS welcomes new management for 2026-2028 25 February, 2026 | ByCMS collaboration Anadi Canepa (left) has been elected the new CMS Spokesperson for 2026-2028. • Florencia

Physics & Astronomy · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 249 words
Accelerator Report: Protons are heading towards the LHC

Accelerator Report: Protons are heading towards the LHC

• Voir en Accelerator Report: Protons are heading towards the LHC 25 February, 2026 | ByMatteo Solfaroli, Deputy Leader of the Operations Group (BE-OP) Many activities are currentl

Physics & Astronomy · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 269 words
Stay tuned to Radio YZ Ceti: Isn't that a magnetic conversation between star and planet?

Stay tuned to Radio YZ Ceti: Isn't that a magnetic conversation between star and planet?

• Stay tuned to Radio YZ Ceti: Isn’t that a magnetic conversation between star and planet? • byElise Koo| Feb 24, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Coherent radio bursts

Physics & Astronomy · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 244 words
Upcoming events

Upcoming events

• Voir en Upcoming events Check out this curated list of upcoming events for the CERN community 25 February, 2026 26 Feb14:00 | Physics | TH Conference Room & Online | Theory Collo

Physics & Astronomy · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 3 min · 483 words
Observing the Universe's Teenage Angst with Dropout Galaxies and CMB Lensing

Observing the Universe's Teenage Angst with Dropout Galaxies and CMB Lensing

• Observing the Universe’s Teenage Angst with Dropout Galaxies and CMB Lensing byBen Sherwin| Feb 23, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Cosmology with dropout selection:

Physics & Astronomy · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 350 words
Monika Emmanuelle Kazi selected for the second edition of the Resonance residency

Monika Emmanuelle Kazi selected for the second edition of the Resonance residency

• Voir en Monika Emmanuelle Kazi selected for the second edition of the Resonance residency Arts at CERN announces the artist awarded the second Resonance residency 24 February, 20

Physics & Astronomy · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 293 words
Computer Security: Phished

Computer Security: Phished

• Voir en Computer Security: Phished 25 February, 2026 | ByComputer Security Office In mid-November, CERN was subjected to another phishing attack that tried to lure people to open

Physics & Astronomy · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 264 words
Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (1951 - 2025)

Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (1951 - 2025)

• Voir en Knud Dahlerup-Petersen (1951 - 2025) 23 February, 2026 Knud Dahlerup-Petersen in 2002. • (Image: Felix Rodriguez Mateos/CERN) It was with deep sadness that we learned of

Physics & Astronomy · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 395 words
Cosmic Fishbones: Strange Radio Streaks Behind a Racing Pulsar

Cosmic Fishbones: Strange Radio Streaks Behind a Racing Pulsar

• Cosmic Fishbones: Strange Radio Streaks Behind a Racing Pulsar bySandy Chiu| Feb 21, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Radio streaks in the Lighthouse Nebula discovere

Physics & Astronomy · February 21, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 286 words
HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start

HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start

• Voir en HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start Scientists at CERN have triggered the complex cooldown of a 95-m-long test stand that reproduces the underground configuration of innov

Physics & Astronomy · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 387 words
There's a great wave rippling through our galaxy

There's a great wave rippling through our galaxy

• There’s a great wave rippling through our galaxy byJulie Kiel Holm| Feb 20, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|1 comment Title:The great wave - Evidence of a large-scale vertical corrug

Physics & Astronomy · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 288 words
The Goldilocks Core: Habitability from the Inside Out

The Goldilocks Core: Habitability from the Inside Out

• The Goldilocks Core: Habitability from the Inside Out byAnnika Salmi| Feb 19, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|1 comment Title:The chemical habitability of Earth and rocky planets pre

Physics & Astronomy · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 277 words
Official News regarding the CERN Safety Rules: Oxygen Deficiency Hazard

Official News regarding the CERN Safety Rules: Oxygen Deficiency Hazard

• Voir en Official News regarding the CERN Safety Rules: Oxygen Deficiency Hazard 19 February, 2026 | ByHSE unit The CERN Safety Rules listed below have been published on the CERN

Physics & Astronomy · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 245 words
What happens when you poke a black hole?

What happens when you poke a black hole?

• What happens when you poke a black hole? • byAkshita Mittal| Feb 18, 2026 |Classics,Daily Paper Summaries|2 comments Title:Stability of a Schwarzschild Singularity Authors:Tullio

Physics & Astronomy · February 18, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 198 words
Hang On To Your Water, Super-Earths!

Hang On To Your Water, Super-Earths!

• Hang On To Your Water, Super-Earths! • byEvan Nelles Henderson| Feb 17, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|1 comment Title:Water Evolution and Inventories of Super-Earths Orbiting Late

Physics & Astronomy · February 17, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 238 words
Weathering a Stellar Temper Tantrum: How space weather complicates exoplanet habitability

Weathering a Stellar Temper Tantrum: How space weather complicates exoplanet habitability

• Weathering a Stellar Temper Tantrum: How space weather complicates exoplanet habitability byNathan Whitsett| Feb 16, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Detection of a g

Physics & Astronomy · February 17, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 275 words
Rules applicable to members of personnel residing in Switzerland at the end of their contract

Rules applicable to members of personnel residing in Switzerland at the end of their contract

• Voir en Rules applicable to members of personnel residing in Switzerland at the end of their contract 16 February, 2026 | ByHost State Relations service The Permanent Mission of

Physics & Astronomy · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 265 words
Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars

Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars

• Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars byGuest| Feb 14, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments This guest post was written by Tibby Finn Leeming. • Tibby is

Physics & Astronomy · February 14, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 232 words
Kim Burtnyk on Scientific Communication

Kim Burtnyk on Scientific Communication

• Burtnyk worked at LIGO, witnessed gravitational wave detection. • Explores how to explain complex science to public. • Uses storytelling and clear language. • Balances technical

Physics & Astronomy · February 13, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 138 words
Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions

Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions

• Voir en Machine learning to reveal more about LHC particle collisions The CMS Collaboration demonstrates that machine learning can outperform traditional methods in the full reco

Physics & Astronomy · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 266 words
Revision of OC 11: a modernised data privacy framework for CERN

Revision of OC 11: a modernised data privacy framework for CERN

• Voir en Revision of OC 11: a modernised data privacy framework for CERN 12 February, 2026 | ByOffice of Data Privacy Following the Director-General’s approval on 17 December 2025

Physics & Astronomy · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 246 words
All Aboard the ARK(S Survey)!

All Aboard the ARK(S Survey)!

• All Aboard the ARK(S Survey)! • byJoe Williams| Feb 12, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS) I: Motivation

Physics & Astronomy · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 230 words
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration

• Should I Stay or Should I Go? • Clumps and Inward Migration byNiloofar Sharei| Feb 11, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title: Clump-like Structures in High-Redshift Galaxi

Physics & Astronomy · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 213 words
Operational Circular No. 11 (Rev.1) - The Processing of Personal Data at CERN

Operational Circular No. 11 (Rev.1) - The Processing of Personal Data at CERN

• Voir en Operational Circular No. • 11 (Rev.1) - The Processing of Personal Data at CERN 11 February, 2026 | ByHR department Operational Circular No. • 1), entitled ‘The processin

Physics & Astronomy · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 231 words
A simpler way to extend maternity leave

A simpler way to extend maternity leave

• Voir en A simpler way to extend maternity leave 11 February, 2026 | ByHR department Supporting parenthood is important for our Organization and we aim to make the administrative

Physics & Astronomy · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown

Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown

• Voir en Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown Beam commissioning is progressing well in CERN’s accelerator complex, with bea

Physics & Astronomy · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 344 words
CERN launches KENORA: a new era in occupational health management

CERN launches KENORA: a new era in occupational health management

• Voir en CERN launches KENORA: a new era in occupational health management 12 February, 2026 | ByMedical Service On 12 January 2026, CERN’s Medical Service implemented KENORA, a n

Physics & Astronomy · February 10, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 274 words
Where have all the AGN gone?

Where have all the AGN gone?

• Where have all the AGN gone? • byMargaret Verrico| Feb 10, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:No evidence for excess AGN activity in recently quenched massive galaxies

Physics & Astronomy · February 10, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 291 words
Celebrating Women in Science Day 2026 at CERN

Celebrating Women in Science Day 2026 at CERN

• Voir en Celebrating Women in Science Day 2026 at CERN CERN features six scientists for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 February, 2026 | ByBianca Moisa From

Physics & Astronomy · February 10, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 264 words
Primordial Black Holes lensing my Andromeda Galaxy? It could be more common than you think

Primordial Black Holes lensing my Andromeda Galaxy? It could be more common than you think

• Primordial Black Holes lensing my Andromeda Galaxy? • It could be more common than you think byAnavi Uppal| Feb 9, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Microlensing const

Physics & Astronomy · February 9, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 261 words
When space plasmas collide!!

When space plasmas collide!!

• Space is dominated by plasma, the most common state of matter in the cosmos. • Modeling plasma is tough: fluid dynamics, turbulence, and Maxwell’s equations all intertwine. • The

Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy?

Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy?

• Is that a galaxy-like star cluster? • Or a cluster-like dwarf galaxy? • byHillary Diane Andales| Feb 6, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:Eridanus III and DELVE 1: Car

Physics & Astronomy · February 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
Distant Galaxies: Dead or in Disguise?

Distant Galaxies: Dead or in Disguise?

• Distant Galaxies: Dead or in Disguise? • byLucie Rowland| Feb 5, 2026 |Daily Paper Summaries|0 comments Title:MAGAZ3NE: Dust Deficiency in Ultramassive Quiescent Galaxies at 3 <

Physics & Astronomy · February 5, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 228 words
AES Andes announces cancellation of INNA, the industrial complex planned near Paranal

AES Andes announces cancellation of INNA, the industrial complex planned near Paranal

• Press Release AES Andes announces cancellation of INNA, the industrial complex planned near Paranal 2 February 2026 AES Andes announced that it will step back from the megaprojec

Physics & Astronomy · February 2, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 333 words
Muons: Emblems of discovery

Muons: Emblems of discovery

• Every minute, countless muons rain down from space, passing through everything-including us-before penetrating deep below the Earth’s surface. • The discovery of these particles,

Physics & Astronomy · January 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
Astronomers surprised by mysterious shock wave around dead star

Astronomers surprised by mysterious shock wave around dead star

• Press Release Astronomers surprised by mysterious shock wave around dead star 12 January 2026 Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star’s

Physics & Astronomy · January 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 272 words
Construction begins on the first and largest gamma-ray observatory in Chile

Construction begins on the first and largest gamma-ray observatory in Chile

• Press Release Construction begins on the first and largest gamma-ray observatory in Chile 18 December 2025 Yesterday, a groundbreaking ceremony for the CTAO’s southern array faci

Physics & Astronomy · December 18, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 282 words
Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

• It was 2023, and Sarah Porteboeuf’s fridge calendar had ‘heavy-ion run’ scribbled in big red letters across the end of September and most of October. • ‘My family knew that this

Physics & Astronomy · December 9, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 221 words
Photons light the way

Photons light the way

• Photons, the fundamental particles of the electromagnetic field that permeates the universe, don’t have mass. • They don’t have charge. • Because they travel at the cosmic speed

Physics & Astronomy · December 1, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 227 words
Dark Matter: A Worldwide Search

Dark Matter: A Worldwide Search

• Something is out there, but it’s also right here. • As far as scientists know, dark matter passes through us as we also pass through it on Earth’s journey through the cosmos. • D

Physics & Astronomy · November 19, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 180 words
Unique shape of star's explosion revealed just a day after detection

Unique shape of star's explosion revealed just a day after detection

• Press Release Unique shape of star’s explosion revealed just a day after detection 12 November 2025 Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telesco

Physics & Astronomy · November 12, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 283 words
Laser trial run kickstarts new era of interferometry

Laser trial run kickstarts new era of interferometry

• Press Release Laser trial run kickstarts new era of interferometry 10 November 2025 Last week, four lasers were projected into the skies above the European Southern Observatory’s

Physics & Astronomy · November 10, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 271 words
New image captures spooky bat signal in the sky

New image captures spooky bat signal in the sky

• Press Release New image captures spooky bat signal in the sky 31 October 2025 A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site i

Physics & Astronomy · October 31, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 265 words
Andreas Kaufer appointed as next ESO Director General

Andreas Kaufer appointed as next ESO Director General

• Press Release Andreas Kaufer appointed as next ESO Director General 27 October 2025 The Council of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has appointed Andreas Kaufer to be the

Physics & Astronomy · October 27, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 288 words
Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate

Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate

• Press Release Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate 2 October 2025 Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue pl

Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC's Rubin control room

Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC's Rubin control room

• It’s April 2025, and the NSF-DOE Vera C. • Rubin Observatory control room at the Department of Energy’sSLAC National Accelerator Laboratoryis buzzing with activity. • On the Menl

Physics & Astronomy · September 23, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words
DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch

DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch

• At this very moment, somewhere in the universe, a star is about to die. • Well, not ‘die,’ exactly. • As PhD studentDavid Sweeney and astronomy professor Peter Tuthill of the Uni

Physics & Astronomy · September 16, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 214 words
Astronomers spot mysterious gamma-ray explosion, unlike any detected before

Astronomers spot mysterious gamma-ray explosion, unlike any detected before

• Press Release Astronomers spot mysterious gamma-ray explosion, unlike any detected before 9 September 2025 Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated seve

Physics & Astronomy · September 9, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
Into the quantum realm

Into the quantum realm

• The macroscopic realm, which consists of everything from falling balls to orbiting planets, can be explained by the laws of classical mechanics. • When nature reaches the smalles

'Impossible' Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

'Impossible' Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour

• Physicist Huilin Qu vividly remembers the 2012 announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that helps explain the origin of mass. • The spokespeople

Local photographer captures physics history in the Black Hills

Local photographer captures physics history in the Black Hills

• Dale Carter, Black Hills photographer, captured 2002 Grizzly Gulch wildfire from above, front-page coverage. • He photographed scientists at Lead’s 2001 conference, documenting g

A quantum leap for antimatter measurements

A quantum leap for antimatter measurements

• BASE collaboration trapped an antiproton, oscillating between two quantum states for nearly a minute. • First demonstration of an antimatter qubit, opening doors for precise matt