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The seed that led CERN to relinquish ownership of the web in 1993 was planted when the Organization formally came into being.

The Soviet Atomic Project: How the Soviet Union Obtained the Atomic Bomb. Advances in Particle Therapy: A multidisciplinary approach.

Lost in Math – How beauty leads physics astray. Amaldi’s last letter to Fermi: a monologue.

The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age. Enjoy Our Universe, You Have No Other Choice.

“I think the Courier is excellent; it’s sort of ‘frozen in time’, but in a rather appropriate and appealing way.”

Linac2, the machine that feeds CERN’s accelerator complex with protons, has entered a well-deserved retirement after 40 years of service.

Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation. The Great Silence – The Science and Philosophy of Fermi’s Paradox.

the wining entries of the 2018 Global Physics Photowall competition

From Stars to States, Thierry Courvoisier. Third Thoughts, Steven Weinberg.

As the EPS turns 50, building scientific bridges across political divides remains as vital as ever, argues Rüdiger Voss.

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