What does antimatter, the World Wide Web, medical imaging and the Large Hadron Collider have in common? Easy… they are all cutting edge research being performed at the European Organisation for ...

One of the scientists tasked with unearthing the secrets of the Big Bang is coming to Belfast to present a Royal Irish Academy lecture at Queen’s University. Dr Steve Myers, director of Accelerators ...

Maltese scientist and engineer Nicholas Sammut will deliver a two-hour public lecture on Wednesday at noon in the Engineering Lecture Theatre (ELT) on the cutting edge research being performed at the ...

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a major research facility of international standing located near Geneva. Every year, the organisation hosts a series of computer science ...

A group of 19 physicists penned a statement denouncing the talk given last week by Italian physicist Alessandro Strumia at a workshop on women in high energy physics held at CERN in Switzerland. More ...

A disgruntled professor has claimed that science is not sexist – but that “physics was invented by men and is not by invitation”. By Jess Wade and Maryam Zaringhalam During a recent workshop about ...

Europe’s physics lab CERN has suspended a scientist over a lecture that suggested physics was “built by men” and accused women of demanding specialist jobs without suitable qualifications. The ...

Italian professor’s presentation deemed ‘unacceptable’ by Geneva research centre A senior Italian scientist has been suspended after he sparked fury during a presentation at Cern, the European nuclear ...