Read article 'Quantum theory returns to Helgoland'
The takeaway from Helgoland 2025 was that the foundations of quantum mechanics, though strongly built on Helgoland 100 years ago, remain open to interpretation.
Read article 'Quantum culture'
Kanta Dihal explores why quantum mechanics captures the imagination of writers – and how ‘quantum culture’ affects the public understanding of science.
Read article 'Encounters with artists'
Over the past 10 years, Mónica Bello facilitated hundreds of encounters between artists and scientists as curator of the Arts at CERN programme.
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.
