Read article 'Birth of a symmetry'
Birth of a symmetry
Half a century ago, Steven Weinberg published a paper that unified the electromagnetic and weak interactions and revolutionised our understanding of the fundamental forces.
Read article 'Birth of a symmetry'
Read article 'Model physicist'
Model physicist
Steven Weinberg talks to CERN Courier about his seminal 1967 work and discusses where next for particle physics following the discovery of the Higgs boson.
Read article 'Gerhard Lutz 1939–2017'
Gerhard Lutz 1939–2017
Pioneer of silicon radiation detectors
Read article 'Cécile DeWitt-Morette 1922–2017'
Cécile DeWitt-Morette 1922–2017
Founder of the Les Houches summer school
Read article 'A new era for particle physics'
A new era for particle physics
"A new picture is emerging, one where co-ordination among and participation in these mega-efforts is required at an international level."
Read article 'Doubting darkness'
Doubting darkness
An interview with Erik Verlinde, who argues that dark matter is an illusion caused by an incomplete understanding of gravity.
Read article 'Secrets of discovery'
Secrets of discovery
Interview with Kip Thorne, who predicted LIGO’s observation of gravitational waves.
Read article 'Neutrino pioneer'
Neutrino pioneer
An interview with CERN’s Jack Steinberger.
Read article 'CERN’s new management begins a five-year term'
CERN’s new management begins a five-year term
Résumé La nouvelle Direction du CERN entame un mandat de cinq ans Plusieurs défis attendent le CERN entre 2016 et 2020. L’arrêt technique hivernal des accélérateurs...
Read article 'Yoichiro Nambu: breaking the symmetry'
Yoichiro Nambu: breaking the symmetry
Yoichiro Nambu passed away on 5 July 2015 in Osaka. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 “for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic phys...
