Read article 'Edoardo Amaldi and the birth of Big Science'
In an interview drawing on memories from childhood and throughout his own distinguished career at CERN, Ugo Amaldi offers deeply personal insights into his father Edoardo’s foundational contribution...
Read article 'Charm and synthesis'
Sheldon Glashow recalls the events surrounding a remarkable decade of model building and discovery between 1964 and 1974.
Read article 'Inside pyramids, underneath glaciers'
Coordinated by editors Paola Scampoli and Akitaka Ariga, Cosmic Ray Muography provides an invaluable snapshot of a booming research area.
Read article 'Dignitaries mark CERN’s 70th anniversary'
On 1 October a high-level ceremony at CERN marked 70 years of science, innovation and collaboration.
Read article 'The new particles'
Fifty years ago, the discovery of the J/ψ and its excitations sparked the November Revolution in particle physics, giving fresh experimental impetus to the theoretical ideas that would become the Sta...
Read article 'Exploding misconceptions'
Cosmologist Katie Mack talks to the Courier about how high-energy physics can succeed in #scicomm by throwing open the doors to academia.
Read article 'Back to the future'
A photographic journey linking CERN’s early years to ongoing research.
Read article 'Wonderstruck wanderings'
The wonder and awe that we sense when we look at the starry skies is a major motivation to do science. Both Plato (Theaetetus 155d) and Aristotle (Metaphysics 982b12) wrote that philosophy starts in w...
Read article 'Advances in cosmology'
The papers assembled in this volume range in subject matter from dark-matter searches and gravitational waves to artistic and philosophical considerations.
Read article 'Extremely Brilliant Source illuminates Paganini’s favourite violin'
Intense beams of synchrotron X-rays have revealed the inner workings of Niccolò Paganini’s favourite violin.
