Matthew Chalmers

Apr 29, 2024 | home.cern | Matthew Chalmers

100 years ago, a handful of visionary physicists upturned notions about nature that had guided scientists for centuries. Particles can be point- or wave-like, depending on how you look at them. Their behaviour is probabilistic and can momentarily appear to violate cherished laws such as the conservation of energy.

Nov 23, 2023 | cerncourier.com | Matthew Chalmers

Celebrating the 1973 discovery of weak neutral currents by the Gargamelle experiment and the 1983 discoveries of the W and Z bosons by the UA1 and UA2 experiments at the SppS, a highly memorable scientific symposium in the new CERN Science Gateway on 31 October brought the past, present and future of electroweak exploration into vivid focus.

Nov 9, 2023 | cerncourier.com | Matthew Chalmers

Incoming director-general of KEK, Shoji Asai, describes the latest activities in Japan’s diverse high-energy physics programme and how to build on the field’s successes in international collaboration. I completed my PhD at the University of Tokyo (U-Tokyo) in 1995 on precise measurements of the orthopositronium decay rate, in which I solved the problem of the orthopositronium lifetime puzzle.

Sep 1, 2023 | cerncourier.com | Matthew Chalmers

Maria Spiropulu and Michael Turner discuss Elementary Particle Physics: Progress and Promise (EPP-2024), a committee charged with submitting a report on the long-term future of elementary particle physics in the US.

May 22, 2023 | einpresswire.com | Matthew Chalmers

Co-op Members and supporters from The Humane League tell Co-op to ban Frankenchickens. Credit: Open Cages. Image of a Frankenchicken from an investigation into Cranswick Farms in 2021. Co-op members headed by The Humane League UK will fight for a full commitment to the Better Chicken Commitment. The members of the Co-op have voted to ban Frankenchickens from their supply chain despite refusal from leadership.