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Mark Rayner

Geneva
As seen in: CERN Courier, World Economic Forum, home.cern
Covers:  Particle Physics. Accelerator Physics. Theoretical Physics. Astrophysics and Cosmology. Computer Science. Policymaking in Science and Education. Economics and Labour Markets.
Editor, @CERNCourier magazine

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Mark Rayner is a science editor and former experimental particle physicist, specialising in the communication of cutting-edge research in fundamental physics. He is currently Editor of CERN Courier, the global magazine for particle physicists, accelerator scientists, and policymakers engaged in frontier science.

Before moving into science journalism, Mark earned a doctorate in particle physics from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on muon-beam cooling. He went on to work on …

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CERN to provide second DUNE cryostat

CERN to provide second DUNE cryostat

Neutrinos are tricky beasts. Alone among known fundamental particles, they suffer from an identity crisis - i…

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Two-trap cooling promises antimatter precision

Two-trap cooling promises antimatter precision

Picture two children playing on swings in a playground. One is a daredevil, launching themselves high off the…

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CERN Sparks podcasts explore artificial intelligence

CERN Sparks podcasts explore artificial intelligence

CERN is launching a new podcast series on artificial intelligence. The series looks forward to the first edit…

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MicroBooNE sees no hint of a sterile neutrino - CERN Courier

MicroBooNE sees no hint of a sterile neutrino - CERN Courier

The existence of an eV-scale sterile neutrino looks less likely today than at any time in the past 20 years. …

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BICEP crunches primordial gravitational waves - CERN Courier

BICEP crunches primordial gravitational waves - CERN Courier

The BICEP/Keck collaboration has published the strongest constraints to date on primordial gravitational wave…

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MicroBooNE homes in on the sterile neutrino - CERN Courier

MicroBooNE homes in on the sterile neutrino - CERN Courier

Excitement is building in the search for sterile neutrinos - long-predicted particles which would constitute …

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What is the Rayner plot and what can it tell you about the future of jobs?

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By Ricky Li, Sam Grayling, Mark Rayner
| World Economic Forum
The Future of Jobs Report explores expected job growth and decline but the outlook feels very different for someone in a role that is stable versus churning, where companies are downsizing and upsizing simultaneously. The Rayner plot is an interactive tool that explores these nuances for all professions in the Future of Jobs Report 2025. Sometimes the most interesting story in labour market data isn’t the headline number but what sits underneath it.
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The March/April 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out

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By Mark Rayner
| home.cern
A hadron collider’s energy reach is defined by the circumference of its tunnel and the strength of its dipole magnets. Next-generation hadron colliders look set to have tunnels more than three times longer than the LHC. Further expansion of the energy frontier depends on the ability of accelerator physicists to increase the strength of the magnets.
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The January/February 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out

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By Mark Rayner
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(Image: Photographic reproduction by Guillaume Piolle of Yellow-Red-Blue by Wassily Kandinsky, Public Domain) Physicists can be allies, wrote Wassily Kandinsky, “who test matter again and again, who tremble before no problem, and who finally cast doubt on that very matter which was yesterday the foundation of everything, so that the whole universe is shaken.” This edition of CERN Courier offers two examples of physics to shake the universe.
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