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We talk to Chiara Marletto about a new way of looking at the physical world that may solve some of the problems physicists are currently struggling with.

The "free-range mathematician" and "architect of particle physics" has passed away in Princeton.

A new particle that has recently been discovered at CERN confirms predictions made by theoretical physicists over six years ago.

What is a particle phenomenologist?

Can physics do for maths what maths has done for physics?

In memory of Stephen Hawking we look at the equation he was most proud of.

Straddling the boundary between pure and applied mathematics.

Find out what gravitational waves will tell us about the Universe: from understanding its birth to figuring out whether black holes have hairs.

Find out about the heroic effort that led to the detection of gravitational waves and the excitement of their discovery.

A quick introduction to one of the greatest discoveries of the century.

A quick introduction to the monsters that lurk at the centre of each galaxy.