Education and outreach Archives – Page 11 of 17

The LHC’s first long run

Summary of the first run of the LHC with recognition to the people who wrote for the CERN Courier during this period.

Training young physicists: a 20-year success story

In 1993, a new series of physics schools began in Europe. Organized jointly by CERN and JINR, they have inspired similar ventures in Latin America and Asia.

The changing world of EPJC

it is worth noting a fact that is often overlooked by the scientific community, namely the concomitant affirmation of the role of scientific journals.

The incomprehensibility principle

Gordon Fraser ponders on paying attention.

Peer-reviewed particle physics for all

A new initiative to provide open access to peer-reviewed particle physics research literature was launched at CERN on 1 October by the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Phy...

It’s good to blog

Norbert Holtkamp extols the virtues of blogging as a way to encourage dialogue on important issues.

Into Africa – a school in fundamental physics

On 1 August, 65 students arrived at the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP) in Stellenbosch, South Africa. They were there to participate in the first African School on Fundamental Ph...