Read article 'Claude Détraz 1938–2020'
Claude Détraz 1938–2020
A former CERN research director, Claude Détraz made a major contribution to ensuring that the LHC project was approved.
Read article 'Claude Détraz 1938–2020'
Read article 'Growing the high-energy network'
Growing the high-energy network
While most CERN alumni remain in research, stories from those who choose other professional avenues demonstrate the high value placed by employers on skills acquired in high-energy physics.
Read article 'George Trilling: 1930–2020'
George Trilling: 1930–2020
Experimental particle physicist George Trilling was an exemplary leader, who helped organise the US participation in the LHC.
Read article 'Yuri Alexahin 1948–2020'
Yuri Alexahin 1948–2020
Among many achievements, Alexahin played a critical role in the luminosity increases at the Tevatron.
Read article 'Rubbia shares Global Energy Prize'
Rubbia shares Global Energy Prize
The 1984 Nobel laureate was recognised for the promotion of sustainable nuclear energy use and natural-gas pyrolysis.
Read article 'Weinberg wins Breakthrough prize'
Weinberg wins Breakthrough prize
Steven Weinberg, one of the architects of the Standard Model, is awarded $3M Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Read article 'Horst Wenninger: 1938-2020'
Horst Wenninger: 1938-2020
A former CERN director, Horst Wenninger made significant contributions in getting the LHC approved.
Read article 'Paul Murphy 1930–2020'
Paul Murphy 1930–2020
“Gas and glue” man Paul Murphy was a long-time leader in particle physics at the University of Manchester.
Read article 'John Thompson: 1939-2020'
John Thompson: 1939-2020
John Thompson was a senior physicist at the UK’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL).
Read article 'Max Zolotorev: 1941-2020'
Max Zolotorev: 1941-2020
An inspiring mentor and teacher, Zolotorev was a pioneer of experimental studies of atomic parity violation.
