In an interview with CERN Courier, Kanta Dihal explores why quantum mechanics captures the imagination of writers – and how ‘quantum culture’ affects the public understanding of science.

A new analysis of BL Lacertae by NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer sheds light on the emission mechanisms of active galactic nuclei. Read more:

The STAR collaboration at BNL has narrowed the search for a long-sought-after “critical point” in the still largely conjectural phase diagram of QCD. Read more:

New developments at @DESY tackle two of the biggest challenges in plasma-wave acceleration: beam quality and bunch rate. These may be the first signs that the technology is ready to compete with traditional accelerators at low energies. Read more:

Fermilab’s Muon g-2 collaboration has given its final word on the magnetic moment of the muon. Read more:

Extreme environments and complex quantum dynamics .pose serious challenges for classical computation. Quantum simulators may offer a promising path forward. Read it now:

Quantum sensors have become essential in low-energy physics. Michael Doser explores how their precision could be extended to high-energy experiments. Read it now:

Many-worlds quantum mechanics is often dismissed as extravagant. David Wallace argues that it is the natural consequence of taking Schrödinger’s wavefunction as fundamental. Read it now:

A century after its inception, quantum mechanics remains empirically flawless yet conceptually unresolved. Carlo Rovelli outlines four leading interpretations: physical collapse, hidden variables, many worlds, and relational quantum mechanics.

One hundred years ago today, Werner Heisenberg wrote to Wolfgang Pauli of radical ideas about quantum mechanics. As this special anniversary edition of #CERNCourier shows, a century has not sufficed to fully understand or apply the theory. Read it now:

Former CERN engineer, Sławosz Uznański (@astro_slawosz), launched into space this morning 🚀. Read about his training for the mission, and the growing number of opportunities for engineers and high-energy physicists in space.

Since 1966 the Rencontres de Moriond has been one of the most important conferences for theoretical and experimental particle physicists . The 59th edition attracted about 150 participants to La Thuile, Italy, from 23 to 30 March .

Quark Matter 2025 took place from 6 to 12 April at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. This edition of the world’s flagship conference for ultra-relativistic heavy-ion physics was the best attended in the series’ history, with over 1000 participants .

Machine learning has surged into every corner of industry. For early-career researchers, who have spent their PhDs and postdocs coding, a job in machine learning may seem a natural next step, says Antoni Shtipliyski, engineering manager at Skyscanner.

In Particle Cosmology and Astrophysics, Dan Hooper captures the rapid developments in particle cosmology over the past three decades, says reviewer Gianfranco Bertone from the University of Amsterdam .

Relic Gravitons, by Massimo Giovannini of INFN Milan Bicocca, offers a timely guide to one of the most exciting frontiers in modern cosmology and particle physics, says reviewer Azadeh Maleknejad of King’s College London .

263 community submissions to the European Strategy update range from individual to national perspectives .

The latest #Astrowatch column by correspondent Merlin Cole of the University of New Hampshire tackles the hints from the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) that dark energy may be evolving .

DESY’s new chair, Beate Heinemann, reflects on the laboratory’s evolving role in science and society – from building next-generation accelerators to navigating Europe’s geopolitical landscape .

Automated space telescopes are inspiring a new generation of particle accelerators that are primarily operated by AI. Verena Kain highlights four ways machine learning is already making the LHC more efficient.