Read article 'Rooted in symmetry: Yang reflects on a life of physics'
During his latest visit to CERN, Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang talked to CERN Courier about some of his early work, his impressions of the LHC and his thoughts about the future of physics.
Read article 'Mather and Smoot share Nobel for precise observations of the CMB'
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 recognizes research that studies the young universe, before the first stars were born and before galaxies began to form.
Read article 'Hawking brings the origins of the universe to CERN'
During a week-long visit to CERN's Theory Unit to discuss his current research, Stephen Hawking visited the LHC, gave a well attended general lecture and talked to CERN Courier.
Read article 'Ray Davis: indefatigable neutrino pioneer'
Peter Rosen looks back at the man who brought his deft chemical touch to the study of neutrinos, and created one of the iconic experiments of the 20th century.
Read article 'Ettore Majorana: genius and mystery'
Antonino Zichichi provides a dual insight into Ettore Majorana: the genius of his many contributions to physics, and the mystery that surrounds his disappearance.
Read article 'Nobel inspiration: a passion for precision'
Carolyn Lee talks to Theodor Hänsch, who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy.
Read article 'Setting the record straight'
Walter Oelert, leader of the team that 10 years ago obtained the first antimatter atoms, talks to Tomasz Rozek about the fact and fiction surrounding the discovery.
Read article 'Rewards for optics in theory and practice'
The 2005 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists working in the field of optics, in recognition of past advances in the understanding of light as well as the present-day potential ...
Read article 'George Placzek – an unsung hero of physics'
Jan Fischer describes the life and work of the Czech physicist, born in 1905, who made important contributions to nuclear physics in the 1930s-1940s.
Read article 'Fred Hoyle: pioneer in nuclear astrophysics'
Fred Hoyle, who died in 2001, is best known as a cosmologist. But, as Simon Mitton relates, his career in physics began with the weak interaction and moved on to a crucial discovery in nuclear physics...
