Read article 'LBNE gains new partners from Brazil, Italy and UK'
In mid-September, the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) collaboration, based at Fermilab, welcomed the participation of 16 additional institutions from Brazil, Italy and the UK.
Read article 'ILC candidate site in Japan announced'
In a press conference held at the University of Tokyo on 23 August, the committee recommended the Kitakami mountains in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as the preferred location.
Read article 'Council updates European Strategy for Particle Physics'
The CERN Council formally adopted an update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Read article 'EC and CERN support major facility in Middle East'
The European Commission (EC) and CERN have agreed to support the construction of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East.
Read article 'Colliders unite in the Linear Collider Collaboration'
The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) and the International Linear Collider (ILC) – two studies for next-generation projects to complement the LHC – now belong to the same organization.
Read article 'CERN becomes UN observer'
On 14 December, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to allow CERN to participate in the work of the General Assembly and to attend its sessions as an observer.
Read article 'Europe launches consortium for astroparticle physics'
At the end of November, European funding agencies for astroparticle physics launched a new sustainable entity, the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium.
Read article 'The Republic of Cyprus becomes CERN associate member state'
On 5 October, CERN’s director-general, Rolf Heuer, and the minister of education and culture of the Republic of Cyprus, George Demosthenous, signed an agreement under which the Republic of Cyprus wi...
Read article 'Updating the strategy for particle physics'
On 10–12 September, some 500 physicists attended an open symposium in Krakow for the purpose of updating the European Strategy for Particle Physics, which was adopted by CERN Council in 2006.
Read article 'Charting the future of European particle physics'
The original CERN convention, which was drafted nearly 60 years ago, foresaw that the organization should have a role as co-ordinator for European particle physics, as well as operating international...
