Read article 'Europe defines astroparticle strategy'
Multi-messenger astronomy, neutrino physics and dark matter are among several topics set to take priority in Europe, according to a report by the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC).
Read article 'Lithuania formalises CERN membership'
Lithuania’s relationship with CERN dates back to an International Cooperation Agreement signed in 2004, with Lithuanian researchers contributing to the CMS experiment since 2007.
Read article 'Shaping science in South-East Europe'
A platform for internationally competitive research in South-East Europe would stimulate the education of young scientists, and reverse the brain drain, says former CERN DG Herwig Schopper.
Read article 'Weighing up the LHC’s future'
The first workshop on the High-Luminosity LHC and the High-Energy LHC took place in November.
Read article 'All change'
Ninety years after the famous photograph of the 1927 Solvay conference, the University of Trento and the Italian Physical Society created a more modern picture.
Read article 'International committee backs 250 GeV ILC'
That is half the energy set out five years ago in the ILC’s technical design report (TDR), shortening the length of the previous design (31 km) by around a third and slashing its cost by up to 40%.
Read article 'Exploring the physics case for a very-high-energy electron–proton collider'
Rapid progress is being made in novel acceleration techniques.
Read article 'CERN strengthens ties with South Asia'
In 2010, the CERN Council approved a radical shift in membership policy that opened full membership to non-European states.
Read article 'Slovenia accedes to associate membership'
Slovenian physicists contributed to CERN’s programme long before Slovenia became an independent state in 1991.
Read article 'NuPECC sets out long-range plan'
The previous long-range plan was issued by the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee in 2010.
