Read article 'CERN celebrates its 50th birthday'
CERN celebrates its 50th birthday
On the date of CERN's 50th anniversary, 29 September 2004, the organization's host state authorities lit up the sky in celebration.
Read article 'CERN celebrates its 50th birthday'
Read article 'EUROFEL and EUROTeV to receive EU support'
EUROFEL and EUROTeV to receive EU support
The European Commission has selected two projects that are coordinated by DESY for support within the EU's Sixth Framework Programme.
Read article 'Aymar outlines new seven-point strategy'
Aymar outlines new seven-point strategy
CERN's director-general Robert Aymar presented a seven-point scientific strategy for the organization at the 128th session of the CERN Council on 18 June.
Read article 'Canadian lab proposes new five-year plan'
Canadian lab proposes new five-year plan
Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, TRIUMF, has proposed a new five-year plan to take it through to the end of the decade.
Read article 'The beginning of long-term planning in CERN'
The beginning of long-term planning in CERN
In its early days CERN was budgeting a year at a time, but after a crisis in 1961 it became clear that long-term planning was essential. Mervyn Hine looks back to the introduction of a four-year plann...
Read article 'New protocol accords CERN wider international status'
New protocol accords CERN wider international status
CERN's member states have adopted a new protocol on the privileges and immunities of the organization.
Read article 'Smaller institutes look to gain from scientific fallout'
Smaller institutes look to gain from scientific fallout
Alexandru Mihul believes that the distribution of data from large laboratories to smaller institutes for longer term analysis has benefits for all.
Read article 'OECD committee endorses future linear collider'
OECD committee endorses future linear collider
Ministers meeting at the end of January for the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy of the OECD have acknowledged the importance of ensuring access to large-scale research infrastructure...
Read article 'CERN strengthens links with AMS experiment'
CERN strengthens links with AMS experiment
CERN and the collaboration behind the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the execution of the experiment.
Read article 'PPARC approves new funding for UK accelerator R&D'
PPARC approves new funding for UK accelerator R&D
The UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) has approved a £21 million (~€31 million) programme of accelerator R&D for future facilities in particle physics, including a linear c...
